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The Unspoken Truth About Managing Geeks (2009)
- PaulHoule 12y agoI find "managing geeks" to be about as offensive as an 1850 book about "managing niggers". "geek" is a term that is used to suggest that technical people are somewhat subhuman and of course inferior to managers.
- simon 12y agoI do not see the negative connotations that you do with the word "geek". I describe myself as a geek or geeky. That aside, the article is a good one and I have read it several times before and feel that it gets much right.
- crpatino 12y agoThe term has evolved over time, but it definitively had negative connotations, at least at the beginning. From the Wikipedia article> This word comes from English dialect geek or geck (meaning a "fool" or "freak"; from Middle Low German Geck)... In 19th century North America, the term geek referred to a performer in a geek show in a circus, traveling carnival or travelling funfair sideshows (see also freak show).
- danelectro 12y agoI call it "herding cats". Definitely an uncommon skill, and the top 1% are not even good enough.