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...if you listen. I'm sort of reminded of steve jobs' technique of figuring out if an engineer is good or not. He says to the engineer's coworkers - I hear so
by m463 2y ago
...if you listen.
I'm sort of reminded of steve jobs' technique of figuring out if an engineer is good or not. He says to the engineer's coworkers - I hear so-and-so is shit. If they don't say much, he might not be that bad, but if they vigorously defend him, he might actually be ok. It is hard to tease out strong opinions from quiet but decent people.
leaders might statistically be less quiet or unopinionated.
In the same way I wonder if you need to listen to engineers in the right way. like if they say something is "non-trivial" it might not be worth pursuing. And if you keep pushing for an idea and they get an uncomfortable looks in their eyes, you might want to take notice.
- BrandoElFollito 2y agoLooks like he was a manipulative asshole. The kind of boss I despise so much that even if was in the process of inventing a universal cure for cancer I could not work with him. It is sad that such assholes attract similar people in their direct entourage and we end up with utterly toxic management teams.