Things I have learnt as the software engineering lead of a multinational

Re:Things I have learnt as the software engineering lead of ... by junkscience2017 on Friday December 29, 2017 @01:00PM (#16030779)

"18. Don’t shy away from leading without doing, it is unavoidable, so just do it. Then do some work to stay pertinent.

19. If you are not able to hire and fire people, leave. Or stay for the retirement fund if you can stomach it."

the way the author discusses people and pretty much everything in the "Yourself" category makes me think this unnamed multinational is a sweatshop overseas. I've worked (temporarily) with people who try to bring this thinking to Silicon Valley

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Re:Things I have learnt as the software engineering lead of ... by sidlls on Friday December 29, 2017 @03:41PM (#16031844)

I got the same sense as you, but without the "overseas" bit. We have sweatshop software shops in the US (look in just about any AAA game company, for example).

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Re:Things I have learnt as the software engineering lead of ... by MBCook on Friday December 29, 2017 @04:30PM (#16032120)

I took #18 as ‘don’t be afraid to delegate, you don’t have to have your finger in everything.

#19 makes sense me to too. If you can’t hire/fire then you’re not really in charge. How can you manage your team if other people have the ultimate veto on your strongest management options?

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