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   Jacek Wesołowski (jzillw@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jan-2026 22:15:27 JST Jacek Wesołowski

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   • Quixoticgeek

   @quixoticgeek Bonus points if the "captain" sends an ensign to the engineering to do the pressuring for him instead of doing it himself, because he wants the engineering to be mad at the ensign instead of him.

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     Quixoticgeek (quixoticgeek@social.v.st)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Jan-2026 22:15:30 JST Quixoticgeek

     This style of management is way too common in the tech industry. I call it Star trek management.

     We've all seen it. Captain calls down to engineering. "How long to get the warp core back online" and engineering replies "12 hours sir". "You've got 1" comes the response from the captain.

     And there's a place for that sort of thing. When you're dead in the water and the Borg might come back to attack at any minute.

     But, for it to be routine is just bad management

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