Seven Deadly Sins of Annoying Senior Engineers

This article outlines seven common behaviors that irritate senior engineers: escalating issues without basic troubleshooting, vaguely requesting urgent tasks, providing rough estimates treated as deadlines, scheduling unclear meetings, unexpectedly scheduling brief meetings, using 'quick hacks' without cleanup plans, and frequently changing priorities. The author explains how these actions waste time, reduce efficiency, and damage team morale. The article suggests providing sufficient information when seeking help, discerning urgency levels, carefully handling estimations, planning meetings in advance, respecting engineers' focus time, planning for temporary fixes, and maintaining stable priorities to build a positive and efficient engineering team.