Tell HN: Beware 'Ungrowth' in Your Job
I had a situation once where we had a minor re-org and I ended up with a new manager. Literally day one, he made an attempt to change everyone&#x27;s role. We were a team of developers and business analysts. He decided that everyone would become both and spend 50% of their time on each activity. Not sure why he thought this was a good idea, but he did.<p>After he announced it, I had a 1x1 with him and clearly let him know that he was the boss and I&#x27;d do my best to accomplish anything he assigned me. I also let him know that the business analyst duties didn&#x27;t fit well with my skillset and that I would very likely struggle to produce output. We had a good, honest conversation about the situation and I ended up staying 100% as a developer. In the end he was happy and I was happy.<p>Why am I telling you? It&#x27;s that I&#x27;ve learned it better to communicate and hopefully work things out then just pack up and head to another place.