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> He was famously into management by fear. The article you linked to says precisely the opposite and is more in line with the blog post. LeMay made it clear t

• TheOtherHobbes 10y ago
  LeMay almost started WWIII. I don't think he's a good example in this context. I'm in the "tone deaf management bullshit" camp. It starts with the assumption that your people are basically incompetent losers and it's up to you to stomp around and whip them into shape. It doesn't work in most areas, and it especially doesn't work in software dev. If your people aren't acting like responsible professionals, either your culture is broken, or you're hiring the wrong people for the wrong reasons - or both. Given the chance most adult professionals will be adult and professional. Some will even take pride in doing a good job. If that's not happening, unprofessional management won't fix it.
  • valuearb 10y ago
    You just argued for Steve Blanks approach. Trust your people to work independently and bring problems to your attention in a timely manner. And if they can't do that, release them back into the wild. I ran a 40 person development organization that never missed a schedule with that philosophy. Everyone empowered to bring problems up for help, everyone trusted to work independently.
    • davidgerard 10y ago
      Steve Blank's actual approach is to shout at people who bring issues to him ahead of time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13846800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13846800