Managing Difficult Software Engineers

Re:Managing Difficult Software Engineers by riazrizvi on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:13PM (#37164971)

Indeed. In the thread, we see that when people don’t understand something, rather than recognize that, they wrap the territory beyond understanding with superficial word wrapping. I guess it’s an intellectual/social strategy to economize mental load and also project confidence, but at the cost of curiosity and awareness.

> Difficult engineers are difficult because they’re difficult

It’s a statement with no information. Just a declaration on an intellectual map that says I don’t go past here.

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Re:Managing Difficult Software Engineers by pg_1234 on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:30PM (#37165249)

The really telling sentence is:

"I use the term "difficult" to differentiate between those employees where everything is going smoothly, and those where more effort is required."

... apparently "difficult" software engineers are those that might require the manager to do ANY WORK AT ALL.

Seriously, if this is anything to go by, managers of non-difficult software engineers could be replaced by a cardboard cut-out ... which would be a major cost saving.

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Re:Managing Difficult Software Engineers by riazrizvi on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:57PM (#37165599)

Also “difficult” then, are software engineers who identify and raise a problem with the direction that the manager doesn’t get.

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