> It is easier to follow orders than it is to determine what the orders ought to be. How does one determine the orders? This is true when you are given orders

> It is easier to follow orders than it is to determine what the orders ought to be. How does one determine the orders? This is true when you are given orders of exactly the right specificity, and at no other time. In my experience, most orders are either so vague as to barely be orders while also obscuring all context necessary to determine what the requirements might be ("implement tagging") or so specific that they are a death march and probably won't work anyway ("Here is a UML class diagram. All you have to do is turn it into working C++ code."). In my opinion, any worldview or theory resting on the assumption that the people giving orders have it harder than the people following them is wrong until proven otherwise. It's very plain to anyone with real experience that the reason everybody wants to be a General is /because it's easier than being a Private/.