“Management is the Near Future” by jefftk

Programmers have

traditionally

been

contemptuous of

management:
if you're not writing code what are you even doing with your time? I
picked this up through general culture, and I remember my instinctive
shudder and recoil the first time my boss asked if I was interested in
management. As I got a better understanding of what managers were
doing, though, I came to appreciate how good ones could let us be much
more productive:

• They gave us context on how the business worked, the role our
  team played, what we were trying to do, and how our work fit into a
  larger whole.




• They helped us figure out what to work on, breaking large
  projects that were too big for any of us into approachable chunks.




• They gave prompt feedback, helping us build mental
  models of what good work [...]

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First published:

May 17th, 2025

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rhLbcWna8npw8BavC/management-is-the-near-future

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.