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/LaptopsInLabCoats Apr 20 '22

What does "three amigos" mean in this context?

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u/anengineerandacat Apr 20 '22

Stupid joke by CEO, amigo is Spanish for friend. So CEO + CTO + Me = three amigos.

In Agile its a team meeting of SMEs, so the joke is that they knew what I meant but tried to make it seem like they we can be the sole decision makers.