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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by maerF0x0 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @01:32PM (#23761706)
EDIT- Seems the below came from a misreading of the OP text, But i cannot delete it now that I'm downvoted... Please ignore.

> Skills learned in the military are for war, learned for conflict situations and applying them to civilian environments and bringing a war mentality or attitude to a workplace is toxic.

> only adds to the toxicity of a workplace

What exactly was the toxicity besides your choice to overreact (stay overnight) ? Why do you believe that leadership skills for war are not applicable to other domains?

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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by foo_barington4 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @01:39PM (#23761820)
>A part of the team had to sleep in the office for a few weeks.

So it sounds like OP was coerced to do so and it was not a free choice or an "overreaction" as you characterize it.

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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by maerF0x0 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @02:43PM (#23762598)
i see, I didnt read it as a command but as a "We volitionally chose to solve the issue this way"
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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by pixelbash on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @03:50PM (#23763263)
"Had to" usually implies coercion of a sort. Like you might say "in PE class we had to stand on one leg for 10 minutes".
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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by maerF0x0 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @04:52PM (#23763932)
I've had experiences where "Had to" was like

"If I wanted the outcome I was aiming for I had to.... (workout?)" This is how I took the sentence. A totally volitionally accepted responsibility

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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by senthil_rajasek on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @01:37PM (#23761793)
>besides your choice to overreact (stay overnight)

It was not a choice. It was an order.

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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by throwaheyy on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @05:15PM (#23764162)
A company can’t “order” you to stay overnight. Unlike the military you can walk away.
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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by senthil_rajasek on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @07:15PM (#23765331)
People did walk away eventually. But not immediately because when you have a family, for instance, you can't leave a job without making sure you have health insurance etc., People eventually left once they found other jobs.
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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by throwaheyy on Wednesday July 08, 2020 @02:10PM (#23772604)
If you’re otherwise a productive employee you can just say no too, and dare them to fire you.
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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by senthil_rajasek on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:57AM (#23779673)
"daring" your employer is not a wise career advice.
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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good technical leader – any recommen... by throwaheyy on Monday July 13, 2020 @07:21PM (#23826798)
“If you’re otherwise a productive employee”.
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