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- Author: seangoedecke.com
- Full Title: Protecting Your Time From Predators in Large Tech Companies
- Category:#articles
- Document Tags: Development Management Time Management
- Summary: Competent software engineers at large tech companies often face demands on their time from colleagues seeking help, which can distract them from their main projects. Many of these requests come from individuals who do not offer any compensation or recognition in return, making them predatory. To protect their time, engineers should be cautious about low-effort requests and prioritize work from their management chain.
- URL: https://seangoedecke.com/predators/
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If you’re a competent software engineer at a large tech company, your time is in very high demand. Lots of people will want you to do things1. You should be very selective about how you handle these requests, and definitely avoid saying yes to everyone. (View Highlight)
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Summary • If you’re a strong software engineer, your time will be constantly under attack • Helping others is not your main job, doing the work is • Large tech companies are full of predators looking for strong engineers whose time they can use • Beware product managers from different orgs and weak engineers • Predators aren’t in a position to reward you (i.e. they’re not in your management chain) • Don’t let your time be consumed asymmetrically (View Highlight)
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