All the best engineering advice I stole from non-technical people
<i>they have innate understanding that being observed working is more valuable than the results of their work.</i><p>I&#x27;ve seen coders who knew this by heart forget this less than 5 years after entering management and become champions of forcing everybody into the office for 8:30 stand-ups and time tracking systems that enforce minute by minute &quot;project accountability&quot;.<p>I don&#x27;t know exactly how this happens, all I know is its like a damn force of nature. The only thing I&#x27;ve ever seen kill morale and tank projects faster is random periodic layoffs.