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Kevin Gibbs
Personal blog · kevgibbs.comcareerprogramming
Kevin Gibbs's personal blog at kevgibbs.com covers career and programming. Since 2011, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “Build a team they'll never leave: the 4 things that matter”. The last post was in 2012, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Kevin Gibbs's writing on engineering management. A commenter quotes its line that managers are either a shit funnel or a shit umbrella, using it to describe how reports see their managers.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Build a team they'll never leave: the 4 things that matter2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-03-19
- 3 suggestions for engineering managers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-08-19
What Hacker News says?
There are only two options for managers: "You can either be a shit funnel, or a shit umbrella." http://www.kevgibbs.com/2011/08/3-suggestions-for-engineerin... If you do the former then your reports hate you, if you do the latter then they like you but wonder what it is you actually do.... :-)
Comment linking /2011/08/3-suggestions-for-engineering-managers
on “What do technical managers do, anyway?”Submitted Build a team they'll never leave: the 4 things that matter as a story · 8 points
HN discussionSubmitted 3 suggestions for engineering managers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Build a team they'll never leave: the 4 things that matter as a story · 1 points
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