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As an engineer, one would want to solve the first kind but leave the second kind to MBAs

• lanstin 5y ago
  Not if you have ever worked in a formerly successful org that got fixed by MBAs. People need to understand the nature of software before fixing organizations that make and maintain software. After being burned a few times, many engineers find it useful to at least wave off disasters waiting to be implemented and to reinforce the odd truly helpful suggestion from above. Best of all is creating technical solutions that enable the organization to function better, to increase lower level autonomy and decrease organizational coupling, to increase useful transparency so we can all see the ship and its vectors.
• marcosdumay 5y ago
  That's their nominal task, and nominally why they make big bucks. But have you ever witnessed the MBAs solving it? I haven't. So I'd recommend to avoid the organizations with the second kinds of problems, so that you can focus on the first, and not even think about the MBAs. Or, alternatively, if you manage to find a way to do it, get the task for yourself and make the big bucks.
  • ncmncm 5y ago
    There is no problem an MBA cannot make radically worse. MBAs gave us the 737-MAX.