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Many colleagues would disagree, but I find the micromanaging attitude of CEOs to be extremely negative. If you did your job right, you have people that are muc

Many colleagues would disagree, but I find the micromanaging attitude of CEOs to be extremely negative. If you did your job right, you have people that are much more experienced than yourself. The only smart move is to coordinate them and, at best, give your opinion. I don't really google "what's the best suturing technique" and demand my doctor to follow those exact instructions.

mobiuscog 10y ago
Looks around at current situation. sighs
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Nadya 10y ago
>If you did your job right, you have people that are much more experienced than yourself. "You hired me as your UX expert. I use A/B trials, prior trials, studies, and knowledge I've pieced together over the past 20 years." The question of "What are you even paying me for if you're going to ignore my advice?" is one I'd love to ask but fear getting fired for pointing it out. The alternative to micro-managing is asking for the impossible [0]. Which also happens frequently. I was once asked to make a transparent .jpg because .png are "too heavy". I had to explain how .jpg's work, tell them I could make it a .gif, but that the .png compressed better and would be more lightweight than the .gif. They insisted on the .jpg at which point I gave up, matched the jpg's background color to the blue background they had and saved it as a .jpg. Which turned out to still be a bigger file size than the equivalent .png. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg
- throwawayReply 10y ago
  I'd have been tempted to rename the file to foo.jpg.png and rely on the fact they'll have "hide known extensions" on. Or even just rename to foo.jpg and figure the MIME type and file header would be enough for browsers to still render it like a PNG.
aytekin 10y ago
The problem with that is that as a CEO, you are responsible for the results. So you cannot ignore the problems just because one of your employees says it is the correct way. My approach is to hold myself from telling the designers what to do, and instead tell them what the problem is and let them come up with a solution.
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- anotherarray 10y ago
  You're responsible for results, but that means recognizing your team is often giving their best. I agree with your second point. Still, there's a very thin line between "telling them what the problem is" and burning out your best employees. I guess experience and empathy do help us get such balance.
antisthenes 10y ago
> If you did your job right, you have people that are much more experienced than yourself. The only smart move is to coordinate them and, at best, give your opinion. I wish people felt this way about economics, instead of constantly voicing their "market solves everything, government is bad" opinions and trying to apply econ101 solutions to complex problems.

mobiuscog 10y ago

Looks around at current situation. sighs

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Nadya 10y ago

>If you did your job right, you have people that are much more experienced than yourself. "You hired me as your UX expert. I use A/B trials, prior trials, studies, and knowledge I've pieced together over the past 20 years." The question of "What are you even paying me for if you're going to ignore my advice?" is one I'd love to ask but fear getting fired for pointing it out. The alternative to micro-managing is asking for the impossible [0]. Which also happens frequently. I was once asked to make a transparent .jpg because .png are "too heavy". I had to explain how .jpg's work, tell them I could make it a .gif, but that the .png compressed better and would be more lightweight than the .gif. They insisted on the .jpg at which point I gave up, matched the jpg's background color to the blue background they had and saved it as a .jpg. Which turned out to still be a bigger file size than the equivalent .png. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg

throwawayReply 10y ago
I'd have been tempted to rename the file to foo.jpg.png and rely on the fact they'll have "hide known extensions" on. Or even just rename to foo.jpg and figure the MIME type and file header would be enough for browsers to still render it like a PNG.

aytekin 10y ago

The problem with that is that as a CEO, you are responsible for the results. So you cannot ignore the problems just because one of your employees says it is the correct way. My approach is to hold myself from telling the designers what to do, and instead tell them what the problem is and let them come up with a solution.

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anotherarray 10y ago
You're responsible for results, but that means recognizing your team is often giving their best. I agree with your second point. Still, there's a very thin line between "telling them what the problem is" and burning out your best employees. I guess experience and empathy do help us get such balance.

antisthenes 10y ago

> If you did your job right, you have people that are much more experienced than yourself. The only smart move is to coordinate them and, at best, give your opinion. I wish people felt this way about economics, instead of constantly voicing their "market solves everything, government is bad" opinions and trying to apply econ101 solutions to complex problems.