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Interestingly enough (in the context of this thread) my personal corollary to that is: "Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by b
by mtrimpe 13y ago
Interestingly enough (in the context of this thread) my personal corollary to that is:
"Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by bad management."
- akerl_ 13y agoPretty much a noop, since bad management is a subcategory of incompetence.
- mtrimpe 13y agoIt's about not blaming bad code/product on developer incompetence though. It's a leftover from a time when I unfairly criticised a number of programmers who were actually heroically fighting to deliver a quality product under bad management.
- alttab 13y agoIf you blame management every time, you'll never take responsibility for your own actions.
- calinet6 13y agoYou'd think this, but it turns out not to be true. When a person is working under good management, with the autonomy to do what they need to be successful, the ability to get better at their work and master a field, and a clear purpose, responsibility is a given. It is when individuals are falsely given responsibility for things they cannot possibly control that personal responsibility loses its credibility. You don't have to blame management (or the system you're in) every time (and most people don't), but you should every time it is true, to preserve the very idea and value of responsibility itself.
- calinet6 13y ago100% agree! This is very Deming-esque, you know? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming