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It seems to me that the kind of management the article is hinting as is what I like to refer to as ass-chair management (it's similar to asshat management, but
by innocentoldguy 11y ago
It seems to me that the kind of management the article is hinting as is what I like to refer to as ass-chair management (it's similar to asshat management, but that's a conversation for another time). To me, this speaks volumes more about the incompetency of the manager than the efficacy, or lack thereof, of the engineer. Unfortunately, most managers I've had have gauged work solely on the amount of time someone spends in an office chair.
Personally, I couldn't care less how many hours someone works. If the work is getting done, I'm more than happy to have everyone work four hours a day from home; then everyone is happy.
- greenyoda 11y ago"To me, this speaks volumes more about the incompetency of the manager..." Yes, and in particular, it may indicate that the manager knows absolutely nothing about software development, and couldn't tell good code from bad code if his life depended on it. Since the guy who wrote the article was working on billing and provisioning for a cable company, it's possible that his boss was someone like the head of the billing department - not a technical person at all. It's even more depressing when tech-savvy managers, who should be able to judge employees by their actual contributions to the end-product, practice "ass in chair" management. Also: Lots of interesting discussion from when this article was originally posted 2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6895502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6895502
- innocentoldguy 11y agoI've been programming for about 25 years now and my take on the situation is that people learn bad habits from those they've seen, which is why tech-savvy managers tend to act like their non-tech-savvy counterparts.