He addresses this point: But apparently, many managers create havoc by discouraging thinking and urging their subordinates to "produce" code. Later they compla

He addresses this point: But apparently, many managers create havoc by discouraging thinking and urging their subordinates to "produce" code. Later they complain that 80 percent of their labour force is tied up with "program maintenance", and blame software technology for that sorry state of affairs, instead of themselves. So much for the poor software manager. (All this is well-known, but occasionally needs to be said again.)