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[varispeed]

Been there. It's half bad if the "managers" can swallow their ego and let developers lead while only just keeping an eye on any potential troubles.

At many big corporations these "management" hires are just political. To fill in the certain quotas and tick the boxes.

Problems starts if they put their egos first. Then talented staff quit and projects go down the pan.

[H8crilA → varispeed]

And BTW, we have a market mechanism for this: bankruptcy. Preferably restructuring, not liquidating, though both are useful. Just leave the job and maybe one day the whole thing gets rewired.

[pi-e-sigma → H8crilA]

Let me introduce you to this relatively new concept: Too Big To Fail.