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How Bossing People Around Backfires(fastcompany.com)
1 points by sherm8n 14y ago|0 comments
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by sherm8n 14y ago
This is awesome. The more feedback the better. Running lean startup on the lean startup blog. Does anyone actually like the tweet buttons?
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I'll relay this feedback to Tristan Kromer who runs the lean startup circle blog editorial. My guess is that they're experimenting with ways to increase engagement with both the article and blog.
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How to Stop Being a Wantrepreneur(blog.leanstartupcircle.com)
8 points by sherm8n 14y ago|4 comments
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by sherm8n 14y ago
The article resonated with a majority of those who read it.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I'm glad you brought this up. Trust is a big thing in the workplace. Take cross-department coordination for example. You're supposed to trust that another department will deliver what they promised so your project can succeed. I've been in
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Haha, so true. Especially when engineering managers are the scrum masters. They repurpose scrum to get status updates.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
There's already a barrier if a manager has to tell you why something needs to be done. Usually that means you disagree. Naturally you don't want to do it anymore.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
The productivity impact is common enough where it didn't happen to only me.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
This is why it's so hard to hire right now. The people who can and are willing to do both can work anywhere they want.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I thought it was only me too. I didn't understand why I hated being told what to do. I would purposely start new skunkworks projects instead of doing what I was supposed to.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I have many friends who are working just to pay the bills. And they hate their jobs. Most people actually dislike their job in some way.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Startups make a a huge impact for users though. So useful that they're willing to be early adopters of a product that's far from perfect.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Are you arguing that all developers at start-ups can't think for themselves?
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Ask cobol programmers how much they make.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I don't think I implied anywhere that having fun meant being productive. I did imply however that having fun will make you more productive.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
If you're not going to do it I will. People frame things in a different way to make it sound good all the time. "If you can crank out this code by EOD you're going to be a hero." versus "If you can crank out this code by EOD you still won't
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Neither is providing value.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I'm a broke entrepreneur, like everyone else in SF.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Well, which is more important for you personally?
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I was speaking on behalf of personal productivity. Not team productivity. But there are definitely failures in professional sports too. When one player doesn't feel like he's not being included enough then communication breakdowns ensue.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I don't think programmers are spoiled at all. They just know there exists a huge market of opportunities for them. Why shouldn't they benefit from this and find the best possible working situation that would make them happy?
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I'm a little delusional. I believe that having the ability to choose what I work on makes me happy. This is why founders like being founders. They don't want to accept things the way they are. They just want to make it better for everyone e
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by sherm8n 14y ago
Would you want a developer who needs to be told exactly what to do? Or would you rather have a developer can define what to build in the product and then build it. I don't understand why you want to promote people so they can tell other peo
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by sherm8n 14y ago
You are spot on about this one. If you're playing the politics game you never talk about being unhappy. In 1-1s almost all employees will tell you they're having an awesome. I'v been on both sides of this.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
But this is also hacker news -- where people don't settle on normal work. They're bold enough seek out only meaningful work. Either by starting their own company or joining one where they can make a huge impact without the typical fluff.
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by sherm8n 14y ago
I never said I was slacking off. In fact I got more done than anyone else on the team. It just felt like I was there only to work. I openly told everyone how I felt. That's when I decided I didn't want to be a professional programmer anymor
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The psychology of how being told what to do impacts our productivity(blog.goodsense.io)
79 points by sherm8n 14y ago|51 comments
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The One (Really Easy) Persuasion Technique Everyone Should Know(spring.org.uk)
2 points by sherm8n 14y ago|0 comments
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It's Torturous Chaos Until it isn't(blog.asmartbear.com)
2 points by sherm8n 14y ago|0 comments

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