• Anders429@programming.dev
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    4 days ago

    “no, having a meeting about it won’t help, it will just waste my time that I could be using to figure out the problem.”

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I had a manager years ago who viewed his involvement in problem-solving as a variant of the rubber duck solution. I always wanted to tell him to his face that he was accurate, in the sense that he brought about as much to the table as an actual rubber duck.