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		sytelus on April 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Theory P: The Philosophy of Managing Programmers > Programmers fancy themselves as free-spirited individuals who resist discipline like a mustang resists the bit for the first time. And management consultants wonder why founders never hire them to build their $100B companies.

yenwel on April 17, 2019 [–]

I've been compared to a race horse by my previous boss... This is just an echo from a generation that is holding on to power but lack the digital skills. It's like analphabetics being editors of a newsroom. This phenomenon will die out.

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