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People can read their manager's mind (2015)


The fish rots from the head down. – A beaten saying People generally don't do what they're told, but what they expect to be rewarded for.

The less confident people spend time chasing bugs, are upset by the lack of recognition, and eventually leave for greener pastures. People responsible for infrastructure will build a piece of shit out of yesteryear's scraps purchased at nearby failing companies for peanuts, knowing that they'll be rewarded. I was prompted to finally write it by reading Dan Luu's excellent " How Completely Messed Up Practices Become Normal", where he says, among other things, "It’s sort of funny that this ends up being a problem about incentives.

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