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Regarding your first insight one of my favorite quotes came to mind: "The Second Law of Consulting: No matter how it looks at first, it's always a people probl

• barking_biscuit 4y ago
  Which is precisely why a lot of problems never seem to go away.
• wpietri 4y ago
  An especially painful truth in software. Years back I heard a talk by Kent Beck, one of the originators of Test-Driven Development and Extreme Programming. In response to some audience question, he said, "I got into programming because I didn't like dealing with people, and now I'm a @#$&% family therapist for software teams." That comes back to me often.
  • fragmede 4y ago
    Family therapist, for a family of people that don't deal well with other people. Maybe a psychology degree would be a better background to pull engineering managers from.
    • quietcomments 4y ago
      Psychologists don't make for good relationships. They break their own rules and ethics as much as anyone else. Believable relationships are scarce in the workplace.
    • PeterisP 4y ago
      Management study programs tend to include quite a few psychology-related courses, because these skills are indeed quite useful in practice.
      • disgruntledphd2 4y ago
        You're actually better off with therapy (sorry coaching) than academic psychology. Source: have a PhD in psychology, currently doing therapy.
  • chasd00 4y ago
    heh and every therapist i've ever known has their own therapist helping them through their own issues.
• malfist 4y ago
  Thank you for that reference. I'd never heard of the secrets of consulting. Went and read a summary, it's very fascinating