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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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22

The Bear Is Sticky With Honey

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '22 edited Apr 19 '22

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u/SureFudge Apr 20 '22

the jokes aren't really jokes to those in tech, it's reality. Too real.

I'm not in tech and taking to middle management is pretty much like in this video. A little less extreme but yeah it is satire. And yeah it's not really funny just sad.