@yanatweets Office politics or governmental politics?

@rachelnabors office politics in tech companies

@yanatweets Achilles heel: Honesty Executive "I don't think honesty is a weakness." Me "I don't give a crap what you think."

@umbra_secundus 🤣

@yanatweets I second the politics bit. When "looking" like you're doing the work is more important than doing the work - such a waste of energy.

@sroy_tweets yes!!

@yanatweets SWE here, but one PM I worked with in a highly+daily data driven environment, who didn't know the basic tenets of data analysis (SQL...) or frankly even product thinking. Prob got promoted too early bc of friend in the co.

@yanatweets Yes indeed likewise

@yanatweets The religious devotion to scrum. I think it’s outdated lol

@yanatweets I'd say that's a strength, not a weakness from your side. However, from my side when I was more Junior: Executing CEO's wishes

@yanatweets People so scared to act on intuition that they require “data” and “testing” before getting out of bed in the morning. Experience > testing for 80% of standard platform challenges.

@yanatweets Same here:( Unfortunatelly, politics is part of the game

@yanatweets product managers who don’t also write code. it’s like having an airline copilot that doesn’t know anything about the controls, engineering design, or capabilities of the aircraft, but somehow has a special skill to manage its construction.

@yanatweets Whiners. Love contrarians, as they find what's missing. When whiners mask themselves as contrarians, everything feel like quicksand.

@yanatweets Lies. Especially from Sales. Drives me bananas.

@yanatweets It gets in the way of the collective mission

@yanatweets Maybe people who sabotage/underplay your work in name of competition

@yanatweets What's an example?

@yanatweets IDK If you mean national politics or office politics, but both are awful.

@yanatweets Taking my shine especially when I have worked so hard to ship