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George Hotz once mentioned in an [1] interview; Managing people just another abstraction in making software. You can think of people kind of like an IDE that you can use to create things... I thought it was an interesting way to view management.

[1] https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2018...

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Yeah my boss certainly sees me and my colleague as a technical problem solving API: he says “now that I have told you what the problem, it is no longer my problem, and I don’t want an update unless it’s the solution.”

I think this is sort of ok at a high competence level, but fails when the people you work with are less experienced. One could say the same of an IDE I suppose..

At a low competence level, this leads to non-solutions that still have to be used because of deadlines.

I would argue that the how is up to the team and it is the boss/managers level to ensure the right competencies are present in the team. Having the boss join the team is not sustainable.

This is probably a very efficient mentality, but I find it equally depressing.

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