Comments on: 8 Reasons Why Managing Techies Is Like Driving A Car

By: simonstapleton

simonstapleton — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:43:49 +0000

@Chris – aha! Nice One!

That’s nice one for getting to the top of the Commentators Leaderboard, that is!

By: Chris Mahan

Chris Mahan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:22:40 +0000

The thing I would add to the list:

0. Select precise destination.
Driving is expensive, so figure out exactly where you are trying to go before you actually start driving. For example, if you’re in London, and you want to drive to Liverpool, that’s all fine and dandy. But what building are you going to in Liverpool? Are you going to spend another three hours in traffic looking around trying to decide which hotel to book a room in? Same with programmers: Decide “before you even start” what your exact destination is.

By: Asif Shah

Asif Shah — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:20:05 +0000

I like this! I will add:

10 – Don’t drink and drive! It’s a bad idea to get totally drunk as a manager as you could say or do something that will lose respect.

By: Mark McClure Coaching

Mark McClure Coaching — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:08:55 +0000

You’ve kind of hinted at it with #1 but I’ll state it definitely for the greater peace of mind of all techs plagued with “are we there yet” managers

9- No Back Seat Drivers!

By: simonstapleton

simonstapleton — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:42:49 +0000

Thanks Jason! The thought came from nowhere except the twisted mechanics of my mind…

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:08:15 +0000

Haha, I Love it ! Thanks for the great list !