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Doing something about the media. - Agreed.
Christian Graus wrote: Could be headed towards soapbox territory....
You're probably right. I'm out of here, I'll check the soapbox tomorrow.
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Unless mark starts it, I probably won't pursue it. It's a broken record 'guns make us free, the government are scared of us because of our guns, etc'. yawn.
Christian Graus
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: So, how do one change the culture?
Ship them all off to Switzerland. 
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What have the Swiss done to you?
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: What have the Swiss done to you?
Nothing. I was just commenting about how to change a culture. 
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Indeed.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: I'd say it is a matter of culture.
Or in our case, a lack of it. 
Too many people just do not understand the value of life.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
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Ah, but that's down to great chocolate, a cool knife and some seriously cuckoo clocks.
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And cheese, you forgot the cheese.
Some years ago I wen't to Zug in Switzerland to install a server. During lunch I asked the people how to make a proper cheese fondue. During the next two hours I learned a lot about cheese, and Swiss culture.
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There are holes in your argument.
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There's more to it than what you read on the surface....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_gun_laws[^]
The Swiss army has long been a militia trained and structured to rapidly respond against foreign aggression. Swiss males grow up expecting to undergo basic military training, usually at age 20 in the Rekrutenschule (recruit school), the basic-training camp, after which Swiss men remain part of the "militia" in reserve capacity until age 30 (age 34 for officers).
Each soldier is required to keep his army-issued personal weapon (the 5.56x45mm Sig 550 rifle for enlisted personnel and/or the 9mm SIG P220 semi-automatic pistol for officers, military police, medical and postal personnel) at home or (as of 2010) in the local armoury (Zeughaus). Up until October 2007, ammunition (50 rounds 5.56 mm / 48 rounds 9mm) was issued as well, which was sealed and inspected regularly to ensure that no unauthorized use had taken place.[4] The ammunition was intended for use while travelling to the army barracks in case of invasion.
In October 2007, the Swiss Federal Council decided that the distribution of ammunition to soldiers shall stop and that all previously issued ammo shall be returned. By March 2011, more than 99% of the ammo has been received. Only special rapid deployment units and the military police still store ammunition at home today.[5]
When their period of service has ended, militiamen have the choice of keeping their personal weapon and other selected items of their equipment.[citation needed] Keeping the weapon after end of service requires a license.
The government sponsors training with rifles and shooting in competitions for interested adolescents, both male and female.
A "shooting society " somewhere in Switzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training with service arms, or to shoot for sport and competition.
A "shooting society" somewhere in Switzerland; people come to such ranges to complete mandatory training with service arms, or to shoot for sport and competition.
The sale of ammunition – including Gw Pat.90 rounds for army-issue assault rifles – is subsidized by the Swiss government and made available at the many shooting ranges patronized by both private citizens and members of the militia. There is a regulatory requirement that ammunition sold at ranges must be used there.
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It's actually a good question[^].
If managers doesn't what his/her underlings create, does that make them a worse manager?
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Err, yes. Sadly we don't always get the time.
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While I think it's a good idea that the manager understand the code I don't necessarily thin it critical.
As long as there's more than one person that understands the code he should be in good shape.
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Developers should develop and managers should manage.
However, a manager of developers should have been a developer.
People who have managed bakeries or banks are plainly not suitable to manage software developers.
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Quote: People who have managed bakeries or banks are plainly not suitable to manage software developers.
Are you sure? Donuts and money are pretty good motivators. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I agree and it's not just something that applies in the coding world.
Any manager needs to be able to understand what it is his/her minions do, how they do it, what they do it with, pitfalls, etc. etc. which by and large means experience in that role.
As a mainframe engineer back in the day, the best managers I had were the ones who moved up from the ranks. There were a couple who moved in sideways and were bean counters by trade. Worthless tossers the pair of them. Really good at adding up numbers but clueless as to how an engineering service actually operated on the ground.
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If they can, they should, even if just to keep up to date with the tools their teams are using. Managers who cannot code at all, are a hazard to everyone around them.
Christian Graus
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I wouldn't take it that far, but I believe that managers that lacks the knowledge, aren't able to take the right decisions.
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Yes, agreed.
Christian Graus
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If there are differences in opinion about architectural decisions and those differences are between his senior architects or developers it would be really nice if he had a notion about what is going on.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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One of the best bosses I worked for was a developer who got promoted to VP of Engineering and no longer had time to do what needed doing.
Another good boss I had had become Director of IT and only had time to work on the UI. I worked on everything else.
But it seems that to a great extent, that article applies mainly to small teams, where the loss of one developer is a high percentage of the force.
For larger teams, it seems less critical that the manager be able to code, but ease of bringing new members in is still important.
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I'm just changing my job role from developer to a more management-y position atm; one of things I'm really happy about with my new employer is that it's mandatory for me to maintain my development skills. For me, I don't think that management need to be writing 'production' code as a matter of course - but they need to be capable of doing it [competently], and able to function at that level. Learning a new skillset doesn't mean abandoning old ones!
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