Posts with tag: management

Process of managing a team and resources.

Found posts: 4

Team Lead-Sociopath: Why Toughness Pays Off Only Until the First Crisis
Corporate Culture and Career Advancement
16 min

Team Lead-Sociopath: Why Toughness Pays Off Only Until the First Crisis

Linus Torvalds humiliated contributors, and the Linux kernel remained the best in the world. Jobs drove engineers to tears, and the iPhone still happened. It seems toxicity is a side effect of genius. But Torvalds apologized in 2018 and has been leading just as effectively since.

Mar 27, 2026 226
Corporate Culture and Career Advancement #empathy #transparency #corporate-culture #toxicity
AI Indulgence: Why Block Fired 4,000 People on a Record Profit Day
Predictions and Conspiracy Theories
19 min

AI Indulgence: Why Block Fired 4,000 People on a Record Profit Day

On February 26, Jack Dorsey fired 4,000 people—40% of Block—simultaneously with the report of record profits. Shares soared by 25%. Dorsey calls this an AI transformation and predicts that within a year all companies will do the same. But behind the appealing narrative lies another story: a workforce tripled in the COVID frenzy, shares 80% below their five-year peak, and the coding agent Goose,

Feb 27, 2026 538
Predictions and Conspiracy Theories #innovations #profit #management #economy
Почему лучшие разработчики становятся худшими менеджерами
Corporate Culture and Career Advancement
14 min

Почему лучшие разработчики становятся худшими менеджерами

Март 2024. Лучший разработчик команды подписывает оффер на тимлида. Через 8 месяцев он выгорит, команда развалится, а компания потеряет и инженера, и менеджера. Эта история повторяется тысячи раз, потому что 70% программистов не хотят в менеджмент, но только 30% компаний дают альтернативу.

Jan 14, 2026 300
Corporate Culture and Career Advancement #team #burnout #engineer #management
The Control Trap: How Founders Kill Their Own Startups
Corporate Culture and Career Advancement
14 min

The Control Trap: How Founders Kill Their Own Startups

A startup may hit a wall not because of the market, money, or hiring, but due to the founder's mental bandwidth. All decisions go through you, releases await approval, and the team doesn't move without an "okay." I analyze the mechanics of the problem, the honest reasons (fear, perfectionism, lack of standards), and provide a concrete two-week plan on how to relinquish control without losing

Jan 06, 2026 349
Corporate Culture and Career Advancement #founder #constraint #monkey #throughput