Are You a Problem Development Manager? October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 Neil Have they ever worked as a software developer? [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] Yes [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"2"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] No Continue >> When developers disagree with their technical direction: [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] They never give technical direction [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"2"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] They use their authority to force developers to do what they want [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] They use reasoned arguments to persuade developers to do what they want Continue >> Are they trying to learn how to code? [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"2"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] Yes [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] No Continue >> Do developers respect the code they write? [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] They already know how to code [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"2"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] Yes, they want to learn how to code [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"2"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] No, they don’t want to know how to code Continue >> Do they ask their developers to teach them how to code? [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"1"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"1"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] They don’t write code [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"2"}] Yes [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"1"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] No Continue >> In status meetings, when presenting successes: [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"2"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] Yes [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] No Continue >> In status meetings, when presenting failures: [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"2"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] They take all of the credit [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"2"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] They take some of the credit [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] They take none of the credit Continue >> When there is an argument they: [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] They take all of the blame [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] They take some of the blame [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"2"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] They take none of the blame Continue >> Do they fire low performers when training and coaching fail? [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] Ignore the argument [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"2"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"0"}] Suppress the argument [{"title":"The Formerly Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Non-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"The Ladder Climber","points":"0"},{"title":"The Peacemaker","points":"0"},{"title":"The Wants-to-be-Technical","points":"0"},{"title":"No Problem","points":"1"}] Facilitate the argument Continue >> Are You a Problem Development Manager? 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