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Having worked at a few startups I can relate to what the writer is saying (although I do agree the article is a bit slanted). It happens a lot in the tech world
by josh_carterPDX 11y ago
Having worked at a few startups I can relate to what the writer is saying (although I do agree the article is a bit slanted). It happens a lot in the tech world under the guise of "thinking differently" about management. I agree that age shouldn't matter, until you're 10-15 years older than your Manager who is completely out of their element, has no clue what they're doing, and you spend every day wondering how the fk they got the promotion in the first place.
- BurningFrog 11y agoThat sounds like it's more about the manager having no clue than their age.
- josh_carterPDX 11y agoBut what does it say about those that put these people in a position of power?
- fleitz 11y agoI haven't see many places that that only have incompetent managers and no incompetent employees. :) Or alternatively, what does it say about people who have seen this culture for 4 years and are still there?
- josh_carterPDX 11y agoYeah there's a balance. Everyone thinks a company has it all figured out until they work there and find out it's just like every other company struggling to figure stuff out.
- fleitz 11y agoDefinitely, once you've been around the block a few times you realize that it's the same everywhere. Eventually, you just find the biggest pay cheque you can, and do the routine of putting on your coconut headphones, sit down at your tiki desk and chair and sip your mochas in peace as you wait for the morning calisthenics meeting to begin, wondering what exactly the difference between waterfall, agile, tdd, etc actually is because all you've ever seen anywhere is tiki driven development.
- drumdance 11y agoIt's just the Peter Principle in action. It long predates startup culture.
- zeemonkee3 11y ago"We need to shake things up". Cue angry clients, schedules gone to shit, quitting developers, missing documentation...
- dikdik 11y agoI've felt the same only I was the one 5-10 years younger than my manager. I think your age bias in my case would be he "is too young to understand his manager's genius."