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11 to do with reality. It started as a lark, but that doesn't mean that it
24 making it painfully obvious to the questioner that we don't have a clue
32 Everybody thinks managers make decisions, and that decision-making is
42 competent to make that decision for them.
46 Namely that you are in the wrong job, and that _they_ should be managing
55 It helps to realize that the key difference between a big decision and a
57 can be made small by just always making sure that if you were wrong (and
62 And people will even see that as true leadership (*cough* bullshit
66 things that can't be undone. Don't get ushered into a corner from which
70 It turns out that since nobody would be stupid enough to ever really let
73 huge amounts of money that you might not be able to repay, the only
75 back-tracking is very easy: just tell everybody that you were an
81 It turns out that some people have trouble with this approach, for two
84 maintain appearances, and coming out in public to say that you were
86 - having somebody tell you that what you worked on for the last year
89 deleting it, you may have irrevocably lost the trust of that
95 admitting up-front that you don't have a friggin' clue, and telling
96 people ahead of the fact that your decision is purely preliminary, and
98 your mind, and make people very _aware_ of that. And it's much easier
99 to admit that you are stupid when you haven't _yet_ done the really
108 sure as hell shouldn't encourage them by promising them that what they
120 answer may end up being that both teams get so frustrated by the
121 situation that they just give up.
123 That may sound like a failure, but it's usually a sign that there was
125 couldn't decide was that they were both wrong. You end up coming up
126 smelling like roses, and you avoided yet another decision that you could
133 with it, and perhaps more importantly, that _they_ have to deal with
136 It turns out that while it's easy to undo technical mistakes, it's not
142 alienate too many kernel developers. It turns out that alienating people
151 The problem with #1 is that it's very easy to do, since you can say
153 even realizing it, and almost always with a white-hot conviction that
156 And the more convinced you are that you are right (and let's face it,
162 - spread the "love" out so evenly that nobody really ends up feeling
176 While it turns out that most people are idiots, the corollary to that is
177 sadly that you are one too, and that while we can all bask in the secure
178 knowledge that we're better than the average person (let's face it,
179 nobody ever believes that they're average or below-average), we should
180 also admit that we're not the sharpest knife around, and there will be
181 other people that are less of an idiot than you are.
185 Make sure that you, as a kernel maintainer, are in the second group.
197 One thing to look out for is to realize that greatness in one area does
200 do, and suck at everything else. The good news is that people tend to
210 It's not actually that hard to accept the blame, especially if people
211 kind of realize that it wasn't _all_ your fault. Which brings us to the
215 will grudgingly admit that you at least didn't try to weasel out of it.
218 _in_private_ that he screwed up. Not just so he can avoid it in the
219 future, but so that he knows he owes you one. And, perhaps even more
226 you've followed the previous rules, you'll be pretty good at saying that
233 and that is being called a "d*ckhead" in a sanctimonious voice. The
238 We all think we're better than anybody else, which means that when
256 (*) Hint: internet newsgroups that are not directly related to your work
265 peoples mistakes, and make it painfully obvious to everybody else that
272 for being "in charge". Never mind the fact that you're really leading