I don't mean to repeat what others have already said, but it's 100% clueless middle management at the wheel. Some of them don't even belong in front of a comput

I don't mean to repeat what others have already said, but it's 100% clueless middle management at the wheel. Some of them don't even belong in front of a computer let alone in their role. It's actually a far bigger problem than mere developer joy. These people ruin everything especially the organizations they work at and their own careers. We're better than this, and I hope any upper management or execs who read this take a harder look at their organization. It's as if we're so afraid of success that we put more easily replaceable idiots in management. I also get the fear of promoting senior developers because they don't always think or communicate the same way, but yes that's exactly my point. In many cases the devs don't even want those jobs. You should seriously wonder why. Many organizations have been rotting for decades now.