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Having worked in corporate IT, with all its human and technical challenges, i agree that the "sociotech" elements are critical for engineering, but I also think
by zakum1 8y ago
Having worked in corporate IT, with all its human and technical challenges, i agree that the "sociotech" elements are critical for engineering, but I also think that corporates massively misunderstand the value of the hacker culture and underestimate the extent to which the "sociotech" challenges are a direct result of having a weak "hacker" culture... we should challenge the "band aid" approach to fixing corporate bullshit
- mattdeboard 8y agoAgreed but due to the dynamic interplay between the two, balancing them well, as leaders must do, takes both high EQ/empathy, and enough tech background to be credible. (Even if that tech background is working as a non dev in technical teams) Based purely on my personal experiences, leaders who have both boxes ticked are even more unicorn-y than the fabled 10x engineer.