Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > Guess it depends where you have worked.  At the places I've worked, the 
> > bosses have done the same job as the people below them at some point in 
> > the past, so they have a pretty good idea what is going on.  I guess if 
> > you're working for a company that has expanded very quickly then of 
> > course you need to get in people who haven't had that experience, then 
> > you risk the bosses not having a clue what is going on under them.

> All I know is that The Daily WTF is *replete* with examples of companies 
> where the MD or something wrote the original version of the company's 
> product, but he can't actually code his way out of a paper bag, but he 
> still likes to "show the beginners how a real expert does it" from time 
> to time. And the real programmers end up going to extraordinary lengths 
> to keep the bosses away from the build system.

  I have a theory: People with real talent (and experience) for programming
are often very poor at politics and diplomacy, which is the reason why they
seldom end up in high positions in a company. And vice-versa: People which
are good at politics and diplomacy (read: good at speaking BS) are often
not very talented nor experienced in programming.

  The typical "boss" is the latter type of person who, for some strange
reason, thinks he is a talented programmer.

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                                                          - Warp

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