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I've never been very successful communicating to my customers and bosses the difference between a "super programmer" and a "mortal programmer". It's a critical

by edw519 15y ago

I've never been very successful communicating to my customers and bosses the difference between a "super programmer" and a "mortal programmer". It's a critical distinction that eventually must be understood by organizations that build software. So instead of trying to explain, I just email them this link: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html Then they finally get it. Now I have another link to help them understand why their management style isn't working they way they think it should. Thank you, Joel. A few more Joel links like these two in my back pocket and I won't have to spend so much time explaining much of anything anymore. I can just go back to building stuff.

j_baker 15y ago
Now I have another link to help them understand why their management style isn't working they way they think it should. I have a feeling it will require much, much more than a Spolsky link to get that through their head. But perhaps I'm just cynical.
DanielRibeiro 15y ago
Great post. Much more eloquent than Mark Suster's[1]: Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. But if everybody is looking for me to make their decisions we’ll never get anything done. And makes a nice complement to Swombat's Making all the decisions yourself[2], and to Ben Horowitz CEOs Should Tell It Like It Is[3]. Also the same point of Delegate or Die[4] [1] http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/19/what-makes-an-entrepreneur-four-lettersjfdi/ http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/19/what-makes-an-... [2] http://swombat.com/2011/7/13/taylor-drucker http://swombat.com/2011/7/13/taylor-drucker [3] http://bhorowitz.com/2010/07/02/why-ceos-should-tell-it-like-it-is/ http://bhorowitz.com/2010/07/02/why-ceos-should-tell-it-like... [4] http://sivers.org/delegate http://sivers.org/delegate

by edw519 15y ago

j_baker 15y ago

Now I have another link to help them understand why their management style isn't working they way they think it should. I have a feeling it will require much, much more than a Spolsky link to get that through their head. But perhaps I'm just cynical.

DanielRibeiro 15y ago

Great post. Much more eloquent than Mark Suster's[1]: Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. But if everybody is looking for me to make their decisions we’ll never get anything done. And makes a nice complement to Swombat's Making all the decisions yourself[2], and to Ben Horowitz CEOs Should Tell It Like It Is[3]. Also the same point of Delegate or Die[4] [1] http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/19/what-makes-an-entrepreneur-four-lettersjfdi/ http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/19/what-makes-an-... [2] http://swombat.com/2011/7/13/taylor-drucker http://swombat.com/2011/7/13/taylor-drucker [3] http://bhorowitz.com/2010/07/02/why-ceos-should-tell-it-like-it-is/ http://bhorowitz.com/2010/07/02/why-ceos-should-tell-it-like... [4] http://sivers.org/delegate http://sivers.org/delegate