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Dear VP of engineering, as a programmer, I sometimes need to stare off into space to visualize a complex system. <my boss> should have explained this, but didn’t, which I think is a failure to do their job.

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Sounds like a good way to get fired! Although I think everywhere has people in management that don’t understand how programmers minds work. It’s too difficult to try to educate them without them feeling like they are being patronised. Maybe time to move on anyway.

> Although I think everywhere has people in management that don’t understand how problem solving works

Fixed that for you. This isn't exclusive to programming.

My old VP was a terrible micromanager and also a former programmer way back when. He would make comments similar to this one weekly or a few times a month. My company just opened up a new office with random areas to hang out, ping pong tables and the like. Funny watching him pace around all day while everyone else enjoys themselves.

How do you make someone remember what is was like?

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