I've seen occasional articles about how to manage programmers. Really there should be two articles: one about what to do if you are yourself a programmer, and one about what to do if you're not. And the second could probably be condensed into two words: give up.

— Paul Graham, Great Hackers (2004)

Source: http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html

From the essay 'Great Hackers' (July 2004).

Topics: engineering leadership