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For the thing you're in charge of, what does it take to do a good job? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by LesserAbe to c/asklemmy

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Was thinking about moderators, and how users always have plenty of opinions about what moderators are doing wrong, but seems like you see less commentary from the moderators themselves about what it takes to do a good job.

Which is probably true across any situation where there's a smaller number of leaders and a larger number of people in other roles.

Having experienced it, what does it take to lead a project, be a supervisor/boss, board member, pastor, dungeon master, legislator, etc?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Software engineer.

Understand requirements even when they’re not communicated clearly (or when you have to guess and make them up yourself)

Tell an idiot they’re wrong without telling them they’re an idiot.

Write code other people can maintain.

[–] LesserAbe 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you have any favorite ways to tell idiots they're wrong without telling them they're an idiot?

[–] Water1053 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"I've actually tried that exact same implementation elsewhere and it didn't work."

Makes them realize they're not original or as knowledgeable as they thought.

[–] PlutoniumAcid 2 points 1 year ago

That's a good one!