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13 to do with reality. It started as a lark, but that doesn't mean that it
26 making it painfully obvious to the questioner that we don't have a clue
36 Everybody thinks managers make decisions, and that decision-making is
46 competent to make that decision for them.
50 Namely that you are in the wrong job, and that **they** should be managing
59 It helps to realize that the key difference between a big decision and a
61 can be made small by just always making sure that if you were wrong (and
66 And people will even see that as true leadership (*cough* bullshit
70 things that can't be undone. Don't get ushered into a corner from which
74 It turns out that since nobody would be stupid enough to ever really let
77 huge amounts of money that you might not be able to repay, the only
79 back-tracking is very easy: just tell everybody that you were an
85 It turns out that some people have trouble with this approach, for two
89 maintain appearances, and coming out in public to say that you were
91 - having somebody tell you that what you worked on for the last year
94 deleting it, you may have irrevocably lost the trust of that
100 admitting up-front that you don't have a friggin' clue, and telling
101 people ahead of the fact that your decision is purely preliminary, and
103 your mind, and make people very **aware** of that. And it's much easier
104 to admit that you are stupid when you haven't **yet** done the really
113 sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they
125 answer may end up being that both teams get so frustrated by the
126 situation that they just give up.
128 That may sound like a failure, but it's usually a sign that there was
130 couldn't decide was that they were both wrong. You end up coming up
131 smelling like roses, and you avoided yet another decision that you could
139 with it, and perhaps more importantly, that **they** have to deal with
142 It turns out that while it's easy to undo technical mistakes, it's not
148 alienate too many kernel developers. It turns out that alienating people
158 The problem with #1 is that it's very easy to do, since you can say
160 even realizing it, and almost always with a white-hot conviction that
163 And the more convinced you are that you are right (and let's face it,
170 - spread the "love" out so evenly that nobody really ends up feeling
185 While it turns out that most people are idiots, the corollary to that is
186 sadly that you are one too, and that while we can all bask in the secure
187 knowledge that we're better than the average person (let's face it,
188 nobody ever believes that they're average or below-average), we should
189 also admit that we're not the sharpest knife around, and there will be
190 other people that are less of an idiot than you are.
194 Make sure that you, as a kernel maintainer, are in the second group.
206 One thing to look out for is to realize that greatness in one area does
209 do, and suck at everything else. The good news is that people tend to
220 It's not actually that hard to accept the blame, especially if people
221 kind of realize that it wasn't **all** your fault. Which brings us to the
225 incompetence will grudgingly admit that you at least didn't try to weasel
229 **in_private** that they screwed up. Not just so they can avoid it in the
230 future, but so that they know they owe you one. And, perhaps even more
237 you've followed the previous rules, you'll be pretty good at saying that
245 and that is being called a "d*ckhead" in a sanctimonious voice. The
250 We all think we're better than anybody else, which means that when
268 .. [#f3] Hint: internet newsgroups that are not directly related to your work
278 peoples mistakes, and make it painfully obvious to everybody else that
285 for being "in charge". Never mind the fact that you're really leading