The best engineer was "forced" away by you like this!

author | Podge O’Brien       compile | Zheng Liyuan

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Based on the exit interview I have experienced over the years , Below I will summarize some points that are most likely to “ forced ” Reasons and solutions for taking the post of excellent engineer . Although on the surface , These are not serious problems , But over time , They will gradually press people out of breath , Until despair leaves .

Leaders who don't build software

What is the most sad thing to ask engineers ？ That must be a high-ranking leader （ Engineering Manager 、 executive director 、 Vice President, ） I don't know what problems they face every day , I don't understand the difficulties of building some functions and software from scratch .

resolvent ： Let the engineering manager of the company 、 The director or vice president takes about a week at least every quarter , Learn to build and deliver functionality . What they need to learn is not a simple function like changing a line of text , And if the customer function in the backlog , The whole process should be controlled in about three days , And these leaders should work in a team way .

Recruit too many leaders at different levels

Once there are too many people in your management , It is bound to push the decision to a higher level , It must be decided at a meeting , The more you can discuss , There will be less docking guidance at the team level . for instance , When a superior manager wants to accomplish something , He may have trouble communicating with the next manager , And inefficient communication will lead to the team not knowing what they should do .

resolvent ： Flatten your organization , Minimize the number of management .

Endlessly “ The meeting ”

Once someone doesn't know what to do , Not sure how the software is made , And there are many supporting relationships between teams , Just hold a meeting , Create Gantt charts to keep employees on schedule . And then , More meetings will be held to review whether to advance according to the Gantt chart . If there are any outstanding problems during the period , There will be another meeting “ Touch ” solve .

resolvent ： When designing your organization , Minimize collaboration between teams , At the same time, ensure a high degree of collaboration within the team .

Make the process of defining software painful

If engineers have to take on the task of finding out what needs to be built , And build the function alone to complete the work , This will inevitably lead to rebellious psychology . Software development should be the work of a team , If there are no product personnel and other important functions in the team to help coordinate the work , Members of the team will have dissatisfaction .

resolvent ： Find a way to share the burden of engineers , For example, when creating a work order , Need at least 3 Personal flower 10 Minutes to discuss the work order , Make sure all relevant details are included , Including describing what the change is 、 How will it be tested . in my opinion , this 3 The best person is an engineer 、 Testers and product personnel , That is, product personnel should lead and provide the environment that needs to be built , Developers ask about the specific functions , The tester asks how to test . If there is no consensus on what needs to be done , Engineers won't start building software , But finding information should not be the sole responsibility of the engineer .

Make delivering software painful

Writing a work order does not mean that everything is all right , There are still many in reality “ accident ”. If the development environment is incompatible , Engineers cannot develop locally , Or it's hard to test changes in the development environment . If the test is unstable , Or the software often stops working for no reason , This is undoubtedly a challenge for engineers .

resolvent ： According to how hard your production road is , There are several ways to solve .

1、 Do nothing , Let it rot . But I don't recommend this method , Because it may pose a survival threat to your work .

2、 Start taking time to solve these problems , Probably from 20% At the beginning of , Analyze the problem and make a plan to solve it .

3、 Optimize the work order , Especially when maintaining existing code .

Let engineers plan their work

Let them finish the work plan one month in advance , One month later, if they don't finish it on time , Blame them for not being good at predicting future events .

resolvent ： Don't let them plan . I analyzed every team I participated in using this method , among 99% It's useless . So from my experience , It doesn't work . If you need a date , I would recommend a more modern method , For example, prediction .

Too small a team

In some companies , There are some teams of only three application engineers , Adopt the mode that is specially responsible for the production function , Other operations and QA Work is done outside the team , There seems to be no problem at ordinary times . But until one day one of them asked for leave , The other one also asked for sick leave , The only engineer left will bear the burden of efficiency and great pressure alone . In the long term , This person will collapse and leave .

resolvent ： Make sure the team has at least six people .

Borrow from other teams

If you are an engineer , When the company needs to complete some work , You are transferred to another team , This may make people feel low and depressed , Because it shows that you don't have much time to develop into a professional engineer .

resolvent ： Let the team exist for a long time , There is a mission , That is not to transfer people everywhere .

Conclusion

The above are some common disadvantages of engineering teams in my opinion , At the same time, I also give the corresponding solutions . Although some methods seem simple , But it is difficult to really implement —— Because you live in a system , And change the system , Especially human based systems , It's very complicated .

So finally , There is a word I want to give to you ： If you can't “ change ” Your company , It would be “ change ” Your company .

Original address ：https://blog.hulacorn.com/2021/09/08/how-to-drive-away-your-best-engineers/

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