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to be fair it's incredibly difficult to find people that are both technically and financially competent.
by mixmax 12y ago
to be fair it's incredibly difficult to find people that are both technically and financially competent.
- ProAm 12y agoYep, that is usually why they get paid the big bucks, for their competency.
- wpietri 12y agoTo my mind, this is a sign we're organizing things poorly. If we design our organizations such that one person can make or break each project and we know there are way too few people to fill those roles, then frequent failures like this are the expected outcome. In particular, I think the role of "project manager" is mostly wrongheaded. The theory is that you can take a person who knows nothing about the details, give them total power and perverse incentives, and then expect things to turn out well. I think it's only popular because it's an artifact of our current managerialist business culture. I much prefer cross-functional teams where the team as a whole is accountable for results. I also think we technical people need to stop thinking of ourselves as minions and instead act as professionals. If a "project manager" told a professional (like a doctor or a structural engineer) to do something unsafe or wrongheaded, they'd say no. But software developers routinely go on building something terrible after token protest. I'd love to see that change.
- detaro 12y agoThen don't rely on a single person to be both. Don't give full control without oversight to a single person for such an important project.