“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission”

Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by amelius on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:21AM (#17363122)

I suppose most "10x developers" would rather ask for forgiveness than permission, though, or their productivity might drop to 1x.

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by carlmr on Thursday June 21, 2018 @05:00AM (#17363326)

Finding consensus with too many people is the #1 reason I see that big companies have productivity issues. Oh, you have a great idea? Why don't we run it through 5 layers of management and 20 committees that always adjourn before finding a decision.

That's why IMHO you need very small teams with a lot of freedom to decide. Then this small team can find consensus much more quickly. The most effective teams I've worked in were 2-4 people.

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by LaGrange on Thursday June 21, 2018 @05:51AM (#17363525)

Ah, the developer who's 10x because their work slows down everyone else 10 times.

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Re:“It’s Easier To Ask Forgiveness Than To Get Permission” by kartan on Thursday June 21, 2018 @11:47AM (#17366195)

> Ah, the developer who's 10x because their work slows down everyone else 10 times.

You are right. People that think of themselves as 10x developers are the ones that do that and will slow down everybody else.

Really productive developers help others and speed up all the company.

I have worked with some people that one can call "10x developers", even that I don't agree with the term. They were good, they were friendly and willing to help the business and their fellow developers.

And they ask for permission and share their ideas with everybody. Their product owner was also amazing and they had a great synergy. Back then I was a manager. And my job was to make sure that things did not change.

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