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Is there any phrase worse than "thought-leader"? Awful. I liked the "extended-roadmap" suggestion. The planning process parallels code review in that often peo
by iab 5y ago
Is there any phrase worse than "thought-leader"? Awful.
I liked the "extended-roadmap" suggestion. The planning process parallels code review in that often people will inject themselves unnecessarily into the workflow, so having ways to satisfy everyone's need to be involved without compromising the actual product is fantastic.
- agbell 5y agoThanks for reading! I actually wish I had a better term than thought-leader, because there are people who use that term non-ironically who do have contingent and useful advice. But yeah generally it't not a good sign if that is how you describe yourself.
- iab 5y agoTo be clear, I wasn't maligning your article! That phrase has always been a bit grating to me, maybe that isn't a universally held view.
- agbell 5y agoThanks! yeah, I got that. I was just considering in a comment the fact that I wish I had a better word for people with strongly held believes that their solution will solve all things. Architecture astronaut is one Joel Spolsky used back in the day that I liked. Maybe solution peddlers? Thought-leaders works though and yeah I think for most people it is pretty cringe inducing.