[HN Gopher] Space to Do Whatever, at Work
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       Space to Do Whatever, at Work
        
       Author : jrmiii
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2023-06-09 19:45 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | jrmiii wrote:
       | I'm really interested in the community's perspective on this.
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       | It's a philosophy I really align with, but seems somewhat
       | antithetical to big-A Agile
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       | Further, to me this sounds like the ideal work environment, but
       | I've worked with folks who would consider this a frustrating
       | experience with no clear direction.
        
         | lazypenguin wrote:
         | I think the mistake I've seen made time and time again is not
         | recognizing that the software engineers are just problem
         | solvers. That means if you have a good team with a good
         | structure, all you need to do is bring the problem to the team
         | with clear requirements and context. From there the team should
         | be free to solve the problem however they see fit within the
         | constraints of the requirements. You then need to keep them
         | close to the problem so there's a feedback loop to see the
         | results of their solution.
         | 
         | Allowing people to self-direct but with some guidance is quite
         | powerful. If the team can't self-organize then the team
         | composition is not correct or training is missing.
         | 
         | However in my experience most management is quite bad and not
         | only fails to setup a system like this but then actively
         | sabotages it with deflating micromanagement or asinine
         | corporate BS
        
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