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by jeffbee 2172 days ago
One of the skills of a tech lead (or parent, or anyone) is recognizing when a person may just be seeking recognition and politely playing along.
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Personally I think people with sports and military backgrounds have the soundest perspectives on leadership.

The sociology of software engineering biases the perspectives on leadership therein toward this kind of contempt for subordinates.

Great point. Who has better perspective on teamwork than people who spent their life in real teams? Life experience is an area where tech really needs to diversify. Hire ex-military, hire rugby players, philosophers, political scientists.
Right, so this is essentially a big circle jerk. He gets to feel like a great person because he's "smart enough" to ask the question. You all get to feel smart by answering the question (that has been answered hundreds of times before) and everyone gets karma and upvotes.

If the OP truly wants an answer they could have researched it, but as you stated the OP doesn't really want an answer, they are "seeking recognition"

Yawn.

That's a great point!