[MattRogish]

I'm often surprised at reading about some startup that says "We don't have any managers!" And then I ask them, who buys the coffee? Pays for the servers? Who issues offer letters? etc.

And almost always there's one or two people who are doing the annoying busywork that any organization needs to do. And that's great!

But sometimes, it is distributed down to the developers themselves. And this really sucks. Developers are highly skilled, super smart, highly motivated people whose expertise is bringing their giant brains to bear on hard problems. Trolling Amazon for coffee, etc. is a waste of their time.

My style of management is very much in support of developer happiness. I'm the guy that makes sure we have the best coffee, that our internet is superfast, and if your computer breaks, I've got a replacement waiting for you.