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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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