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by BrandoElFollito 459 days ago
I am a bad manager, which I warn new recruits about.

I need my team to be independent, make decisions and challenge my (brilliant) ideas. They simply need to be good with what they know, at their level.

I will actively evangelize my strategy (they can challenge it, ultimately I am the accountable), I will always have their back (because I am like this, there is no profound philosophy behind this) and when they did something successful, they did it and present in front of the board. When they fucked up, I fucked up.

This is not some kind of messianic approach - just generic mortality. I spend a lot of time with them and O like to have them as "work friends".

I would hate to be hit by suvh layoff, and I am rather happy with the fact that they would be pissed off as well.