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14 to do with reality. It started as a lark, but that doesn't mean that it
27 making it painfully obvious to the questioner that we don't have a clue
37 Everybody thinks managers make decisions, and that decision-making is
39 manager must be to make it. That's very deep and obvious, but it's not
47 competent to make that decision for them.
51 Namely that you are in the wrong job, and that **they** should be managing
60 It helps to realize that the key difference between a big decision and a
62 can be made small by just always making sure that if you were wrong (and
67 And people will even see that as true leadership (*cough* bullshit
71 things that can't be undone. Don't get ushered into a corner from which
75 It turns out that since nobody would be stupid enough to ever really let
78 huge amounts of money that you might not be able to repay, the only
80 back-tracking is very easy: just tell everybody that you were an
86 It turns out that some people have trouble with this approach, for two
90 maintain appearances, and coming out in public to say that you were
92 - having somebody tell you that what you worked on for the last year
95 deleting it, you may have irrevocably lost the trust of that
101 admitting up-front that you don't have a friggin' clue, and telling
102 people ahead of the fact that your decision is purely preliminary, and
104 your mind, and make people very **aware** of that. And it's much easier
105 to admit that you are stupid when you haven't **yet** done the really
114 sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they
126 answer may end up being that both teams get so frustrated by the
127 situation that they just give up.
129 That may sound like a failure, but it's usually a sign that there was
131 couldn't decide was that they were both wrong. You end up coming up
132 smelling like roses, and you avoided yet another decision that you could
140 with it, and perhaps more importantly, that **they** have to deal with
143 It turns out that while it's easy to undo technical mistakes, it's not
149 alienate too many kernel developers. It turns out that alienating people
159 The problem with #1 is that it's very easy to do, since you can say
161 even realizing it, and almost always with a white-hot conviction that
164 And the more convinced you are that you are right (and let's face it,
171 - spread the "love" out so evenly that nobody really ends up feeling
186 While it turns out that most people are idiots, the corollary to that is
187 sadly that you are one too, and that while we can all bask in the secure
188 knowledge that we're better than the average person (let's face it,
189 nobody ever believes that they're average or below-average), we should
190 also admit that we're not the sharpest knife around, and there will be
191 other people that are less of an idiot than you are.
195 Make sure that you, as a kernel maintainer, are in the second group.
202 good idea - go wild", or "That sounds good, but what about xxx?". The
207 One thing to look out for is to realize that greatness in one area does
210 do, and suck at everything else. The good news is that people tend to
221 It's not actually that hard to accept the blame, especially if people
222 kind of realize that it wasn't **all** your fault. Which brings us to the
226 incompetence will grudgingly admit that you at least didn't try to weasel
230 **in_private** that they screwed up. Not just so they can avoid it in the
231 future, but so that they know they owe you one. And, perhaps even more
238 you've followed the previous rules, you'll be pretty good at saying that
246 and that is being called a "d*ckhead" in a sanctimonious voice. The
251 We all think we're better than anybody else, which means that when
269 .. [#f3] Hint: internet newsgroups that are not directly related to your work
279 peoples mistakes, and make it painfully obvious to everybody else that
286 for being "in charge". Never mind the fact that you're really leading