Comments on: The “Year of Code” Director is Your Boss https://www.robg3d.com/2014/04/the-year-of-code-director-is-your-boss/ Blog of Rob Galanakis (@robgalanakis) Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 By: Managers – why even bother with them? | The Reality Gap https://www.robg3d.com/2014/04/the-year-of-code-director-is-your-boss/#comment-235783 Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:25:46 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1259#comment-235783 […] Can the roles of manager and making the product be combined? Yes they can and that is what happens in small organisations. But it means that the person in that mixed manger role is first and foremost an expert at what they do in creating the product. A former colleague, Rob Galanakis, who has strong views on this has a great blog post on this (and a number of other ideas about software development and management) that you should go and read. […]

]]> By: Hire talented people and get out of their way? - RobG3D https://www.robg3d.com/2014/04/the-year-of-code-director-is-your-boss/#comment-232370 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:30:18 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1259#comment-232370 […] No, hiring smart people and not micromanaging them is the absolute, bare minimum you should be doing as a boss. Basically, if you call it a day there, you are a worthless, paper pushing, pointed headed body in a seat. If not today, then soon. […]

]]> By: Robert Kist https://www.robg3d.com/2014/04/the-year-of-code-director-is-your-boss/#comment-228403 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 02:00:53 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1259#comment-228403 @niad – on the other hand, I have to admit that this is also part of my job. We have about 20 simultaneous projects going on in outsourcing. From PS4 development to iOS, modeling, animation, VFX. There are many projects I’m not totally familiar with, many technologies which I do not know, even though I consider myself well rounded. Yet decisions have to be made – both technical and managerial.

I think finding people for such jobs can be hard. Try have your HR finding somebody who knows UE4, rigging, animation, coding, pipelines, etc.; for a reasonable salary; and for a location in the boonies/China/(Iceland? ;) ). There will be situations where you’ll be the pointy haired boss. I don’t think you can ever be fully prepared for every new technology hitting your place. But unlike the pointy haired boss, document your decisions, do your research, calculate risks and get trustworthy opinions before you make a decision (and of course, experience helps too!).

]]> By: niad https://www.robg3d.com/2014/04/the-year-of-code-director-is-your-boss/#comment-228395 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:48:57 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1259#comment-228395 Can’t believe they had someone advocating programming who can’t program..

One of my previous bosses wasn’t quite this bad, but it was bad enough that I quit that job. He could program, but never very well. He was also utterly unfamiliar with the projects code base, so he would have to make technical decisions about the project by asking his gut(and his gut didn’t know shit).

]]> By: Robert https://www.robg3d.com/2014/04/the-year-of-code-director-is-your-boss/#comment-228393 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:50:51 +0000 http://www.robg3d.com/?p=1259#comment-228393 We’ve all watched the IT crowd and know what happens when your boss’s skills are limited to left clicking, right clicking and sending e-mails ;)

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