Comments on: Scars from the Dark Side http://www.techdarkside.com/scars-from-the-dark-side Struggles of a Self-Taught Coder Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:25:07 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: davidray http://www.techdarkside.com/scars-from-the-dark-side/comment-page-1#comment-16501 davidray Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:04:54 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=431#comment-16501 Perhaps. I tend to believe it's more of a difference between an overall healthy organization and an unhealthy one. An unhealthy one will take a good boss and ruin him. A healthy one will purge bad boss's and make good boss's better. Perhaps. I tend to believe it's more of a difference between an overall healthy organization and an unhealthy one. An unhealthy one will take a good boss and ruin him. A healthy one will purge bad boss's and make good boss's better.

]]> By: Allen http://www.techdarkside.com/scars-from-the-dark-side/comment-page-1#comment-16500 Allen Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:16:47 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/?p=431#comment-16500 Isn't this to some degree just the difference between a good boss and a bad boss which could occur at any location? I have experienced my worst bosses at small companies and some of my best at large companies. I don't think it is a function of the size of the company, just the size of the ego and their amount of trust in their fellow man. To my observation this carries down the organization. A good Senior VP with integrity creates a welcome environment. But an SVP with greed and self interest creates misery that travels down hill quickly. I still agree with your basic premise that a software company better appreciates its software developers, instead of viewing them as a necessary evil. Isn't this to some degree just the difference between a good boss and a bad boss which could occur at any location? I have experienced my worst bosses at small companies and some of my best at large companies. I don't think it is a function of the size of the company, just the size of the ego and their amount of trust in their fellow man.

To my observation this carries down the organization. A good Senior VP with integrity creates a welcome environment. But an SVP with greed and self interest creates misery that travels down hill quickly.

I still agree with your basic premise that a software company better appreciates its software developers, instead of viewing them as a necessary evil.

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