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I actually enjoy management even when it means more administration at sacrifice to writing code. What I don't like is when I am mentoring a junior on best prac
by austincheney 8y ago
I actually enjoy management even when it means more administration at sacrifice to writing code.
What I don't like is when I am mentoring a junior on best practices or techniques to increase their performance or the performance of their code and they get defensive to the point of becoming an insubordinate ass. I understand there is a lot of defensiveness in development, but in the corporate world I expect everyone to be an adult. I also expect junior developers can read, write, and follow simple instructions but I have been surprised by that as well.
- badfrog 8y agoIt sounds like you're not a very good manager, unfortunately. One of the most important things a manager does is understand how to communicate productively with each of their reports. If you have reports whom you believe cannot "follow simple instructions", your first response should be to re-evaluate the way that you provide guidance to that person, not to decide that they're "an insubordinate ass".
- austincheney 8y agoShould I use crayons and coloring books? That was actually a half serious question. For what developers are paid basic literacy is a safe assumption.
- option_greek 8y agoJust trying to be helpful: You come across as a know-it-all and patronizing in the above two comments alone. May be you can start by recognizing that developers are not your extra sets of arms to code stuff. You should limit your self to clearly communicating objectives and measuring them rather than guiding devs (micro-managing ?) at every step.