management

“A lot of this stuff you can do, even when you're not a manager, some stuff you can't write. You probably can't fire someone and learn those skills without actually being a manager and being in that role. But a lot of things like hiring, like mentoring, like wo…”

“Sometimes the reason, you know, there, you can't easily become a manager is because your company just isn't growing, right? It isn't a need to have a new manager unless The current manager leaves or unless somebody, you know, departs the company and a new role…”

“How long and how many people they've managed is indicated by how many people they fired. Because if you've never fired anyone, then you haven't managed very many people for very long, unfortunately.”

“So a really good example is there's a big complaint that it's like, well, how can I have an AI do this? Like, I can't trust that they're going to do it well. So I just do it myself. And I'm just like, yeah, that's exactly what every first time manager says. Yo…”

“What do they say? Praise in public and criticize in private. I fundamentally disagree with that notion. I think what you have to do is establish enough trust among the team so that you are comfortable critiquing and debating in public. But when you're in priva…”