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Trouble is most middle/upper-management is so technically incompetent, that not only can they not do technical work that their moronic decisions entail, but the
by th324j234llkdf 2y ago
Trouble is most middle/upper-management is so technically incompetent, that not only can they not do technical work that their moronic decisions entail, but they can't even distinguish b/w arguments for how something is to be accomplished.
As a metaphor: for problems in NP, verifiability is in P. So you have some super-duper savant alg. that outputs some answer, but even a dumb-system should be able to quickly verify. Our managers are typically dumber than this.
- btbuildem 2y agoI'd argue the opposite: it's the technically-savvy people who got promoted to management/leadership positions, while lacking the people skills, the strategy chops, and the basic understanding of business realities - these are the truly incompetent managers.
- makapuf 2y agoBut you need to be able to promote good technical people or they will finally leave and you ll be left with gif managers an no one good technically to manage.
- Tabular-Iceberg 2y agoGif managers?
- makapuf 2y agoSorry bad spellchecker. Good managers.
- mavelikara 2y agoWhere do these clueless managers come from?
- Aeolun 2y agoSomewhere amongst the 90% of emloyees that do not have a strong opinion one way or the other?
- shiroiushi 2y agoMany times, they were technical people/engineers who weren't that great at the technical stuff, but were really good at networking and self-promotion, and talked their way up in the organization.
- dgb23 2y agoA boss doesn’t need to be technically competent to a degree that they make important technical decisions. They just need to understand things to a degree so they can trust and delegate. And tust is a two way street. It requires effort from both sides.