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“Management is the Near Future” by jefftk


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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

    ---

    Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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