This kind of explains how come I was always acting like VIcky. My idea of management was eliminating all the obstacles engineers might encounter, let them do the project in parallel the way they find it efficient. Yes, we did succeed - when there was no resistance from above.
But these times are gone now. The so-called "agile SCRUM", theoretically being exactly the tool the team needs, is exactly the opposite: it give the management full control, but zero responsibility.
Ok, I'm happy I'm not there now. I'm. just having fun with my life, no responsibilities.
Your sentiments made me think of non-coercive parenting. I feel like if we were all parented in a supportive, non-coercive way, we’d all be more like Vicki and less like Dan. It’s all about creative problem solving and not just doing the first thing that comes to mind.
I have an Idea! We acknowledge some Dan Dewhirst as rightful, sacred king and, in parallel, have some Vicki Wright organize secret, drug-fuelled orgies in the forest. Then, once a year, before the reigning Dan has too much time to consolidate his power and can become too much of a nuisance, we take him to one of the orgies in the forest and ritually sacrifice him to the White Goddess of Birth, Love and Death. In the mean time, while everyone is too busy either worshipping the Goddess or conspiring not to get sacrificed to keep track of us, we get free time to read and do fun projects.
This kind of explains how come I was always acting like VIcky. My idea of management was eliminating all the obstacles engineers might encounter, let them do the project in parallel the way they find it efficient. Yes, we did succeed - when there was no resistance from above.
But these times are gone now. The so-called "agile SCRUM", theoretically being exactly the tool the team needs, is exactly the opposite: it give the management full control, but zero responsibility.
Ok, I'm happy I'm not there now. I'm. just having fun with my life, no responsibilities.
Your sentiments made me think of non-coercive parenting. I feel like if we were all parented in a supportive, non-coercive way, we’d all be more like Vicki and less like Dan. It’s all about creative problem solving and not just doing the first thing that comes to mind.
I have an Idea! We acknowledge some Dan Dewhirst as rightful, sacred king and, in parallel, have some Vicki Wright organize secret, drug-fuelled orgies in the forest. Then, once a year, before the reigning Dan has too much time to consolidate his power and can become too much of a nuisance, we take him to one of the orgies in the forest and ritually sacrifice him to the White Goddess of Birth, Love and Death. In the mean time, while everyone is too busy either worshipping the Goddess or conspiring not to get sacrificed to keep track of us, we get free time to read and do fun projects.