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IME this is much more prevalent in organizations that hire "nontechnical managers". I personally will never work in such companies again, the experience of havi
by jcgrillo 2y ago
IME this is much more prevalent in organizations that hire "nontechnical managers". I personally will never work in such companies again, the experience of having your boss have literally no clue what it is you do for a job is not one I'll sign up for again.
- ern 2y agoI think the problem is a bit harder than that. I've seen a lot of managers who were once technical, but whose last hands-on experience was years, or decades ago. They have a vague idea of what they need to know/do but lack the skills to find things out themselves. and they turn into a major drag on productivity.
- jcgrillo 2y agoI should have been more specific--what I mean by nontechnical managers is managers who don't commit code regularly.
- turbojet1321 2y agoIME the differentiator is not a technical background; it's whether they care more about ladder climbing/appeasing their own managers or doing something useful.
- nine_zeros 2y agoThis is a more accurate assessment. A quick filter of effective management is asking the question: What do you hope to gain out of this job? If the answer is a promo or ladder-climbing, you know that they will make sub optimal decisions that guide their ladder-climbing journey.
- delusional 2y agoI regularly ask the question "how do know I'm doing good" in exactly those words. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to identify their management style from the answer to that question.
- polishdude20 2y agoCan you elaborate?
- modzu 2y agoaka the entire c suite
- maccard 2y agoDisagree - I've seen this all over. The problem has absolutely nothing to do with tech whatsoever, and everything to do with decision making.
- stuaxo 2y agoYou also get developers made manager that are terrible at management and trust so lean on micromanaging. There's a happy medium somewhere.