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@mrysav@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-18 13:21:44

This paragraph from Peopleware (in Chapter 21, under subheading "Management by Hysterical Optimism") is one I think about a lot.

"The dilemma here is that as boss, you have probably accepted the corporate goal (bring the project home by next April for less than $750,000), and accepted it wholeheartedly. If your staff isn’t just as enthusiastic, you’re disappointed. Their lack of interest might seem almost treasonous to you. But hold on here: Is it possible that your own strong identification with a corporate goal stems from something beyond mere professionalism? Isn’t it true that some artful engineering on the part of y…