This was honestly cathartic and a completely refreshing read. Lots of articles rightly criticise the vast and widespread incompetence management and organisatio

This was honestly cathartic and a completely refreshing read. Lots of articles rightly criticise the vast and widespread incompetence management and organisations. But this article comes at it from a different angle and I really enjoyed the read. The “Dereks” of the article are some of the worst members of this corporate incompetence. Derek was the main reason I left my last job. Systematically failed to manage the entire development department (about 30 teams) and actively hostile to any and all suggestions that weren’t his, even going as far as falsely reporting people to HR if they rightly criticised another dumb decision. Frequently stole the ideas and suggestions people made and claiming them as his own, despite having reported said person to their manager or HR for the very same idea months prior. Absolutely classic “yes man” with a smug and nasty personality. All of the good devs left, with nothing to show for it. Three years and customers hated the crappy software, that was only pushed for because some CEO type had heard about “digital transformation” and “cloud” - and of course lots of agile bullshit thrown in on top.