Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security

Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by reader_mode on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:27PM (#25119340)

I mean if you talk to a bunch of developers about what they would change in a project you will get valuable feedback. You will also get a lot of stuff that's just wrong, stuff that ignores the big picture and business goals. If you can recognising which is which that's worth a lot of money because acting on a bad idea can be far more costly than not acting on a good one.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by DangitBobby on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:39PM (#25119416)

You can also ask your developers to ponder this question ahead of time if you are interested in better answers.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by lmilcin on Monday November 16, 2020 @08:50PM (#25119488)

I guess asking one person rather than 200 is one way of getting less communication noise.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by manquer on Monday November 16, 2020 @10:23PM (#25119966)

knowing the right person to ask is hard.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by lmilcin on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @04:38AM (#25121778)

If you manage these people, it is literally your job to know.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by manquer on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:11PM (#25128215)

For senior management, it is usually it is your job to hire people who know or help you know( a.k.a consultants )

It is not humanly possible to be knowledgable in all the fields of people working directly or indirectly under you. Good managers are not always technically knowledgable . It is useful skill to have, neither it is most important nor is it even essential.

While bad managers tend not to have the knowledge, the worst managers are strong technically but don't have other critical skills needed for the job.

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Re:Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security by lmilcin on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:24PM (#25155102)

Nobody expects you to know everything.

But as a manager, you need to know what your organization is doing and you need to know who to ask.

That is, by very definition, the job of a manager.

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