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️(he/him) @paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke in my terminology, I call them translators or generalists.
They not only know how to talk to people to get things done, but also can push back because they have enough knowledge to know when others have already done it/ know that it is possible.
@rowlandm @paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke I feel like I'm in this bucket and I've tended to describe myself as the grease that keeps the machine running smoothly
@dotproto @rowlandm @paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke
I’ve been the grease.
The proof of being the grease is that:
• Senior management doesn’t value you while you work there. You even get asked what you do and the really bad ones ask you to justify your time.
• When you come back from holiday your team is in joyous tears and your manager values you for a quarter.
• Everyone externally comes directly to you.
• Senior management really values you after you have left, as costs have gone up considerably.
I used to have what I called ‘the Sargent’s network’. We all knew who was the grease in each department and we’d constantly talk and keep things from breaking.
@taatm @dotproto @paul_ipv6 @mekkaokereke
"I used to have what I called ‘the Sargent’s network’. We all knew who was the grease in each department and we’d constantly talk and keep things from breaking."
I totally get this!