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Seven Engineers Suspended After $2.3M Bridge Includes 90-Degree Turn

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171 points _sbl_ | 3 comments | 10 Jul 25 16:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.533s | source
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threatofrain ◴[10 Jul 25 16:25 UTC] No.44522729[source]▶
Bad engineering or impossible constraints?
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yieldcrv ◴[10 Jul 25 16:36 UTC] No.44522841[source]▶
I periodically get told by my Product Manager that I’m thinking with my managerial hat on, again.

I joined a company as lead [software] engineer because I prefer that track while I have experience in management and C-Suite. dumb product and marketing decisions impact some engineering work, and I know the solutions for

I mostly avoid saying anything except when solving those things is the answer to the goals the PM keeps asking me about. When I do say things I’m told not to.

Enjoy your proverbial 90 degree turns!

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1. bluefirebrand ◴[10 Jul 25 16:49 UTC] No.44522977[source]▶
I have this problem two, in both directions!

When I don't bring things up, I wind up sitting in a tedious and insulting retrospective meeting about "what went wrong"

When I do bring things up I get told "don't worry too much about that, that's the PMs job and they have it all figured out"

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2. pkaye ◴[10 Jul 25 17:19 UTC] No.44523250[source]▶
That is why I build a "paper trail" via email or chat when I predict things might go wrong and managers still insist to doing things.
3. ◴[10 Jul 25 17:41 UTC] No.44523499[source]▶