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This happens a lot when the managers are not technical, because they have some sort of anxiety of not understanding what the team is doing. That anxiety feeds
by sidcool 11y ago
This happens a lot when the managers are not technical, because they have some sort of anxiety of not understanding what the team is doing. That anxiety feeds their power hunger over team, and that ultimately leads to paranoia. Micromanagement ensues.
- jackdaniel 11y agoI've encountered a perfectly capable developer as a manager. He was micromanaging us in very similar fashion mentioned in the article (urgent tasks, doing things "his way", short delivery times) and it was even worse, because he could find reasonable arguments, why something is urgent, or "his way" is a good one.
- cjcenizal 11y agoDo you really think his arguments were reasonable? Why did they fail to persuade you?