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I've noticed the most effective managers I've worked with came from calm low-stress countries with similar work cultures - maybe the key to solving crunch and b
by rcbdev 3y ago
I've noticed the most effective managers I've worked with came from calm low-stress countries with similar work cultures - maybe the key to solving crunch and burnout is to create a regulatory environment where a worker's entire livelihood (health, rent, loan payments towards public universities etc.) is not solely dependent on keeping their job?
- atomicnumber3 3y ago"But of people aren't mortally afraid, they won't work hard enough!" - American capitalism I once had a manager (not my direct manager) tell me "maybe some fear is good?" No, it's not. Fear is useful for outrunning predators, but it is a useless emotion for programming computers. Unfortunately that particular phrase had come to that manager from the CEO, so, yeah. That company is a mess of short termism and hasty irrational decision-making and constant thrashing / "why can't we execute on big projects". It's because everyone is so scared that they're just trying to survive, and rule number 1 of surviving is to avoid large unpredictable projects. I detest this whole line of thought because it's completely at odds with the reality - that people, and especially programmers, are creative and inventive by nature and are the last people who would "do nothing" if not afraid.
- LtWorf 3y agoOur CEO flew from USA to tell us that if we land that defence contract we'll be set. Of course the USA might ask the company to get rid of all the foreign workers (100% of the developers). So he came to tell us to not worry, for now the company has money problems but soon™ the company will be doing fine and we'll all be fired! How emotionally incompetent do you have to be to think this is good news?