Post #2597216
2025-09-14 19:46 UTC
@elizayer@mastodon.social the last manager I had before I left Google admitted in a 1-on-1 a meeting that he didn't have the technical skills or knowledge to contribute outside of managing people.
This is the fruit of long-term trends that involve not trusting technical staff. (It's a feedback loop because non-technical hires beget more non-technical hires.) Now your leaders are a lot of people whose elbows are knocking pieces off the table because they don't know what the game board looks like.
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@JeffGrigg@mastodon.social 2025-09-14 22:59
@trurl@mastodon.sdf.org @elizayer@mastodon.social A close friend and relative of mine recently commented that it's crazy that I.T. departments are full of "managers" who really know almost nothing about the work they are "managing." In no other area (including his own) does anyone think that one can manage work and workers without having deep experience doing the work oneself. I had to agree with him. We're quite "crazy" like that. 🙄