Članak se otvara anegdotom o Kevinu, menadžeru koji je hteo da sa programerkom i autorkom ima brejnstorming sesiju o tome kako da više ne bude bagova, a potom prelazi na analizu i argumentovano seciranje tipičnih slučajeva u kojima klasični MBA menadžer može da sputa razvoj tima i proizvoda.

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The Kevins of the world come by their ignorance honestly as, to date, there is no reputable source of software engineering management education to help Kevin become competent. Well, that and Kevin needs to learn how to code, so he can then learn just how ignorant “Stop putting bugs in the code” really sounds to a development team.

Here are some signs you have been saddled with a clueless manager.

• Focuses on Jira metrics, praises people for completing “lots of Jira tasks”
• Doesn’t understand the team’s competencies and skills
• Says things like “Let’s just get it out there and then Fix Forward!”
• Blames development staff for introducing bugs
• Gets upset when bugs are discovered
• Just wants to get it done ASAP
• Tells everyone what to do and how to do it, in detail
• Doesn’t understand survivorship bias