> Most Technical Problems Are Really People Problems

The irony is that this is a classic engineer's take on the root cause of technical debt. Engineers are happy to be heads-down building. But when you get to a team size >1, you actually need to communicate - and ideally not just through a kanban board.

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chasd00 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Im a software engineer but have been around the block enough times that I now lead large teams. It annoys me a little when people here talk about how worthless management is. I just want everyone to know that good management is very hard, way harder than anything I’ve ever faced in software development. It’s subjective, non deterministic, all the things digital logic is not. It’s very hard which is why bad management is so common.

	▲	bsoles 13 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> It annoys me a little when people here talk about how worthless management is. I just want everyone to know that good management is very hard, ... People talk about how worthless management is, because most management is not good and most "managers" are worthless. Promotion to your level of incompetence is a real thing in tech management circles.

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fogleman 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, you are describing a "people problem"...