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Re:Software development requires servant leaders by mywittyname on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:12AM (#17765732)
I don't consider managers to be the leader of software teams.

The best managers I've worked for knew how to navigate the bureaucracy and politics of a large company and had next to no technical talent.

The best leaders I've worked for knew how to get shit done. If anyone dropped the ball, they could pick it up and score the points.

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Re:Software development requires servant leaders by brlewis on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @09:19AM (#17765790)
Definitely there's a need for leadership outside the scope of management, but the paragraph just above the heading "What Servant Leadership Means for Software" gave me the impression that this article is about engineering managers.
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