Re:Developers can't fix bad management (2020)
by dv_dt on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:36AM
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I always wondered if it was possible to build an inverted company organization, where developers/engineers were formally at the head of things, and much of the administrative tasks that management works on were subbed to specialists reporting to the developers.
If you look at a lot of pretty incredible projects that often were finished ahead of schedule or with groundbreaking capability, they often happen to be led by a deeply technical person. e.g. Hoover Dam, the SR-71, etc.
If you look at CEOs of tech companies, I believe a majority of them have an engineering undergrad degree of some form.
Re:Developers can't fix bad management (2020)
by ruste on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:17PM
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I work at a company that operates much like this. I've passed up on more lucrative opportunities in the past because it's such a great place to work as a developer as a result.
If you look at a lot of pretty incredible projects that often were finished ahead of schedule or with groundbreaking capability, they often happen to be led by a deeply technical person. e.g. Hoover Dam, the SR-71, etc.
If you look at CEOs of tech companies, I believe a majority of them have an engineering undergrad degree of some form.