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Some leaders just need to issue “all hands” commands every now and then. These commands often make little sense to those at the receiving end. But those leaders
by periheli0n 5y ago
Some leaders just need to issue “all hands” commands every now and then. These commands often make little sense to those at the receiving end. But those leaders need this to have their leader status confirmed. It serves also as proof of authority to their superiors.
This is particularly frustrating when an organisation switches leadership and goes from participative to hierarchical. I think this is what happened here: .NET Foundation leadership must have changed and with it came a new, hierarchical leadership style.
- vmkw 5y agoI don't know why this is down-voted. It happens literally in formerly open projects like Python: https://discuss.python.org/t/all-hands-on-deck-the-release-of-python-3-9-0b1-is-currently-blocked/4217 https://discuss.python.org/t/all-hands-on-deck-the-release-o... Python is fully corporate now and free spirits have been removed.
- periheli0n 5y agoApparently the view I voiced is controversial. I can see how some organisations vitally depend on a strong decision hierarchy. The military for example, or some startups. Someone running such an organisation will not be open to the view that such decisions can frustrating for their employees.
- faho 5y agoThat's just the release manager asking for help with getting the release out. The wording also strikes me as fairly playful (it's a maritime reference!) so I fail to see how that's "fully corporate" or makes python "formerly open". This isn't a literal "I am your boss, you MUST work now", this is "hey, I'm the person who volunteered to get this release out, please help if you can!".