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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book for engineers that want to become... by Aperocky on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @11:52AM (#22046621)

What are your opinions on autonomous team members? I understand that organization is important, but is it possible to have an organization with minimum red tape by setting goals and let team autonomously execute? Would that reduce management burden?

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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book for engineers that want to become... by chillydawg on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:01PM (#22046726)

In an org of any non trivial size, no it won't work and it will increase management burden long term because it will damage things. As teams grow, supervision and communication get non linearly harder and less efficient. If you give some rogue the root keys and carte blanche, they may well get sh*t done but will also, almost certainly, cause a lot of problems for others.

Discipline, good hiring practice and clear goals and accountability at all levels are what's needed.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote a book for engineers that want to become... by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @01:04PM (#22047420)

I don't see much discipline, good hiring practice, or clear goals in history. Why would it suddenly help now?

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