[OT] Extra time spent

[David Gileadi via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/6/14, 11:01 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Bottom line is, managers are purely liabilities, not assets.
>
> It's no surprise to me that the best software out there is usually OSS,
> where there isn't one damn manager anywhere to be found. Funny how
> people think managers perform an actual function, and yet we get by fine
> - BETTER - without their existence.

In my experience a good manager protects you from outrageous demands 
from the customer. Just the kinds of examples that were mentioned 
earlier in this thread, in fact.

I'm lucky to have had a couple of managers that actually do this, and 
I'm super grateful for them.