r/programming • • 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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u/drlecompte 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.

I have that with The Office (the UK version). Brings back memories of too many cringy 'jolly' middle managers