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cobbauttoday at 6:13 AM1 replyview on HN

What I remember mostly from working in that era, was that managers let engineers make the technical decisions.


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stevenlangbroektoday at 6:17 AM

I can't speak for all managers obviously, but that's what we want. Now though, suddenly we're expected to contribute code again and C-level is completely ignorant about the tradeoffs they're making. Compounding this is the fact that the feedback loop for the tradeoffs is likely still a year+ away, far longer than their incentives take to materialize.