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You must have had some very unlucky experiences to have this kind of cynical take on things. In my whole career (17 years at this point) I've encountered only
by bennyelv 4y ago
You must have had some very unlucky experiences to have this kind of cynical take on things.
In my whole career (17 years at this point) I've encountered only one manager who was in it for the power and control... and he got fired.
I spent a significant proportion of my career as an IC but I'm a senior manager now, and I can tell you that "power over people" is precisely not what I'm after. The fact that I have power (and not forgetting that that power comes with responsibility), is not relevant to me and not a positive part of the job.
Telling people what to do is orders of magnitude less effective than convincing, inspiring, and motivating them to do it.
- streslip 4y agoIt is highly dependent on the organization. Having worked for Apple, the opposite seemed true. Anyone with empathy, charisma, and leadership skills was quickly filtered out. There certainly were a few good eggs, but they were rare and far between. It takes a certain sort to succeed there. The company seemed to select for extreme psychopathy the higher you looked.