News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The unspoken truth about managing geeks.

Re:The unspoken truth about managing geeks by shrikant on Thursday September 10, 2009 @05:44AM (#814953)
Too often have I see "result-oriented supervision" translating to a make it happen mentality.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The unspoken truth about managing geeks by coconutrandom on Thursday September 10, 2009 @10:33AM (#815303)
And this is not bad in itself. It's only a negative thing if you have the responsibility to "make it happen", without the authority to make the proper decisions, or under arbitrary restrictions that hobble the making of happening.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The unspoken truth about managing geeks by Novash on Thursday September 10, 2009 @12:28PM (#815555)
Wait, wait. You mean that it can be different from it?
[ Parent | on HN ]