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This feels like something straight out of a management book.

• keithalewis 3y ago
  Agreed. Palaver with no actionable advice.
  • onion2k 3y ago
    You're right that this isn't actionable advice. That's because this is me talking about the sorts of behaviors I look for, not the skills and actions that are derived from those behaviors. How a dev becomes someone who cares about the things that make software better is totally up to the individual.
    • keithalewis 3y ago
      Here is some actionable advice: give your existing employees an opportunity to become the sort of developer you wish you had. Convince your bosses to allocate time during working hours to allow them to learn new things and write experimental code. As they grow into the employees you wish you had, give them more responsibility for their deliverables. That is how you encourage them care and how you scale as a boss.
• vermooten 3y ago
  Management-speak or not, it's correct. Software development is much more social than it was when I started. Pairing and mobbing get better results faster.
• onion2k 3y ago
  It's mostly experience with a big handful of Will Larson's 'An Elegant Puzzle' and Camille Fournier's 'The Manager's Path' to inform missing bits. So yeah, maybe.