On: Software projects need heroes? lessons learned fro...

[ochronus]

My interpretation of the hero is slightly different, nonetheless, shameless plug: "Hero engineers can be deadly to team culture, it's time to retire those capes." https://leadership.garden/articles/kill-your-heroes/

[dragonwriter → ochronus]

And the antithesis: ’team culture’ can be deadly to hero engineers, time to retire the kool-aid.

And the synthesis: the right team culture allows a diversity of engineers, including ‘hero engineers’, to flourish and effectively contribute together; time to adapt your culture to your team.

[ochronus → dragonwriter]

That's a very good point, depending on _your_ definition of a hero :)

[xnzzz → ochronus]

So the site is "A community for engineering leaders" and you are pushing the voodoo that pays your salary.

Same for another submission against 10x engineers that is currently on the front page.

10 years ago hackers just had to fight the machine. Now they have to refute propaganda on a daily basis as well.

[ochronus → xnzzz]

We all have our own experiences, I guess. All I write about is mine and of people I talk to.

I wonder what you think pays my salary.

I wonder what propaganda you mean.