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Re:The unspoken truth about managing geeks (2009) by loopz on Sunday March 01, 2020 @04:59AM (#22456158)
Instead of using straw-men, assumptions about where/who argument is from or downmodding, other strategies would be more constructive.
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Re:The unspoken truth about managing geeks (2009) by perl4ever on Sunday March 01, 2020 @09:38PM (#22461152)
What? I didn't say anything about any of the above. "Someone might claim" is a euphemism for me, not a straw man.

A stuffed octopus is indeed something people (techies) use as a sounding board - and it works. You can explain your problems to anyone or anything and get surprisingly good results. I have used my manager this way. However, that's not the limit of what a manager can do.

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