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I get the usage as a dig at do nothing office jobs, but what are these jobs really? I've never worked in an office or known anyone who did well enough to ask.

So what are these jobs actually like? How do they exist in the first place? Could I lie my way into getting one lol?

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[–] chickentendrils@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Like project manager, scrum master. That kind of shit is what I think of. They exist because technical people and upper management don't interface well typically, obviously those management jobs are also more or less email jobs but they're rarer.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Okay, what does a project manager do? I have a real hard time imagining what anyone does in these "office" type jobs (i imagine many of them are remote now, but i don't know what else to call them lol)

[–] blipblip@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

My boss is also my project manager, most of what she does is function as a sort of go between for us (the people on the ground actually providing the service) and the customer. That involves sitting in meetings with the customer higher ups to keep them in the loop on how things are going, bringing any issues that are preventing us from getting something done to them to make a decision on, figuring out the logistics of how something is going to get done, things like that.

Basically she deals with the people bullshit so all I have to do is go out and fix the problems.

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