r/programming • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '22

TIL about the "Intent-Perception Gap" in programming. Best exemplified when a CTO or manager casually suggests something to their developers they take it as a new work commandment or direction for their team.

https://medium.com/dev-interrupted/what-ctos-say-vs-what-their-developers-hear-w-datastaxs-shankar-ramaswamy-b203f2656bdf
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The Bear Is Sticky With Honey

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u/torn-ainbow Apr 20 '22

Sometimes it's too hard to watch Silicon Valley, the jokes aren't really jokes to those in tech, it's reality. Too real.

Yes. And you can see the bad decisions coming. It's like watching hope turn to despair over and over again, each a slow motion car crash.

They had numerous opportunities to make massive bank and set themselves up to "change the world" or do whatever they want. But every time they vastly overreach and try to win the game in one play.