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Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs explains why great teams are self-managing and why leadership is about providing a shared vision rather than managing.

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What people say. Frequently cited to support the idea that software teams thrive under shared vision rather than heavy-handed management.

ChrisCinellion Hacker News • Recommends

On “Guide to scaling engineering organizations”

Completely in agreement. Hire a bad leader when the company is growing and you risk one year later to have the whole company infested by all sort of people that you would not like to have around (managers included). Some companies completely screw up themselves because of this. Startups usually do not think about this early enough and when the founders realize what is going on is too late and the company culture is screwed. My favorite Steve Job's video on the subject: link to this video
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mentoson Hacker News • Recommends

On “Why don’t software development methodologies work? (2014)”

Steve Job's view on management shares similarities to what you have described and I think from my experience I agree with this outlook link to this video "The greatest people are self managing, they don't need to be managed. Once they know what to do they will figure out how to do it. What they need is a common vision, and that's what leadership is. Leadership is having a vision, being able to articulate that, so the people around you can understand it, getting a consensus on a common vision." "We were in stage where we went out and thought, Oh! We are going to be a big company, so let's hire professional management. We went and hired a bunch of professional management but it didn't work out all well.…
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maroonblazeron Hacker News • Mentions

On “Steve Jobs on how to hire, manage, and lead people [video]”

…icating the vision (as Jobs notes in the video) - recognizing great work by individuals on the team (both within the team and across the org) - minimizing uncertainty within their span of control/removing 'blockers' - providing autonomy to their staff - facilitating collaboration - striving for fairness and transparency in management decisions 0 link to this video…
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29athrowawayon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Fixing Scrum (2019)”

Take a look at the most lasting, highly successful open source projects used by most companies today. They have something in common: - Full-time software engineering managers? 0% - Full-time product managers? 0% - Full-time project managers? 0% - Committed engineers focusing in implementation working on flexible time schedules: 100% The true inefficiencies that managers spend their careers looking for, are right there in front of the mirror. link to this video
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thenerdheadon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Why are there so many bad bosses?”

I hate to be that guy, but I believe that many line managers & middle managers aren't honestly needed in knowledge work at a certain level of self-managing ICs with a common vision. It's increasingly rare to find "good" managers among the bad. The good ones tend to find new jobs or get promoted and continue to climb the ladder. The bad ones? They also get promotions to take over the good ones jobs and they stay around forever. They get in the way majority of the time. They try to make decisions for their own self interests rather than empowering their teams to make the best ones possible. They don't say no to things, but rather use it as yet another opportunity for a "quick win". They get of…
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gsf_emergency_2on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager, Director, or VP (2015)”

Steve Jobs on a related topic, what it means to be a leader: link to this video Guess VPs (according to both) are it
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andaion Hacker News • Mentions

On “What happened to Apple's legendary attention to detail?”

"The neatest thing that happens is, when you get a core croup of ten people, it becomes self policing, as to who they let into that group." —Steve Jobs link to this video
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