alt Hacker NewsOnce you reach this stage, the only escape is to jump ship. Either mentally or, ideally, truly.
You're in an unwinnable position. Don't take the brunt for management's mistakes. Don't try to fix what you have no agency over.
Once you reach this stage, the only escape is to jump ship. Either mentally or, ideally, truly.
You're in an unwinnable position. Don't take the brunt for management's mistakes. Don't try to fix what you have no agency over.
unfortunately, what you will find is that unless you get lucky, the next ship is more of the same.
The system/management style is ingrained in corporate culture of large-ish companies (i would say if it has more than 2 layers of management from you to someone owning the equity of the business and calling the shots, it's "large").
It stems from the fact that when an executive is bestowed the responsibility of managing a company from the shareholders, the responsibility is diluted, and the agent-principle problem rears their ugly head. When several more layers of this starts growing in a large company, the divergence and the path of least resistance is to have zero trust in the "subordinates", lest they make a choice that is contrary to what their managers want.
The only way to make good software is to have a small, nimble organization, where the craftsman (doing the work) makes the call, gets the rewards, and suffers the consequences (if any). That aligns the agent-principle together.