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This is applied to managers in general:

- Good managers are shit umbrellas

- Bad managers are shit funnels

I need this on a motivational poster or something.

I couldn't agree more.

beautiful metaphor. anyway, I quasi-agree, though I've become suspicious of managers who claims to be an umbrella protecting their team from the rain. Half the time, they're really just trying to make sure their team doesn't see the forecast and quit.

I guess umbrellas also keep the sun out.

What you need are those clear plastic umbrellas, no rain, but all the sun.

Transparency.

Raining shit would be opaque, tho

Totally stealing this one.

Unfortunately, in my experience, I've had my fair share of "shit funnels" or "shit multipliers." That applies to any manager role, really.

As a former product manager, I think of it as being at the bottom of a canyon and shit rolling in from both edges of the canyon (business and technical). It's a hard job to do well and keep everyone happy.

You are a creative fellow

This touches me on a spiritual level.

such good PM/managers/leaders are very rare. Instead it is usually this way https://cheezburger.com/4626943488/corporate-ladder , just with even more levels in real life and resulting amplification of the signal.