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Note that if you ask the CEO if you, the owner of a project can be accountable for it. They might say yes quite happily. But when you ask for the power to be ab

Note that if you ask the CEO if you, the owner of a project can be accountable for it. They might say yes quite happily. But when you ask for the power to be able to enforce it, they will refuse. You need power to exercice accountability. Otherwise anybody can come shit in your codebase, and you are now accountable for it. Because you do not have the power to refuse the turd.

esafak 2y ago
And the flip side of that is gatekeeping, wherein nothing gets done. As usual, there is a balance to be struck.
- jcgrillo 2y ago
  IME a little judicious gatekeeping can actually be the thing that makes anything get done at all