Phil Wheeler @PW@octodon.social

"I want to be copied in on all communications with that client"
"Email the client and tell them you'll do it by tomorrow then change that method there and deploy it to this server"
"Did you check the config? Why not? This should be a basic task. I would expect anyone to complete this in half the time"

These sorts of messages resonate. And not in a good way.

Creating an environment where your people can excel means removing road blocks and fostering cohesiveness / collaboration.
That means agreeing on some goals and perhaps defining certain parameters within which those goals should be achieved. Then leave them to it.
It DOESN'T mean telling people *how* to do things, or that you have to check their work.

Working with people is not logical, rational or calculated. Leading a team is messy, nebulous and uncertain. Letting your team grow, gel and work effectively with each other can often be paradoxical. In order to see them succeed, sometimes they have to fail first.
Nobody ever learned valuable lessons by being right all the time.

In technology (my industry), leadership is a tricky thing. Most computer experts are very focussed on logical, rational, calculated tasks and outcomes. Inputs -> outputs. Predictable, expected results. If you demonstrate aptitude in these areas, you'll be trusted with bigger decisions and more responsibility. You'll be expected to handle more at once and balance conflicting demands.

Leadership (or management, even, if you want to cast a wider net) is not always the innate skill you seem to hear anecdotally. It's learned, refined and requires a genuine interest in people first.
Leadership means empowering your people to be autonomous decision-makers; not scrutinising those decisions or creating constraints around how they're made.

Let's talk about mentorship and leadership.

Reason I say "search would be nice" is I also think some sort of integration / verification with Keybase would be nice too.
"Verifying myself on Mastodon" sort of thing.
(I'm https://keybase.io/philwheeler on Keybase, by the way)

I would love it if there was a more powerful search capability on Mastodon.
Unless I've missed some tricks for new players?

everyone: "Your whole platform is a den of harassment and abuse that you seem to be unwilling to address in any meaningful way"
Twitter: "We'll introduce rounded borders on every single design element!"

What are you listening to right now, Mastodon?

I'm enjoying a little South Africa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2GVlQkn4Q

Well, UK, good effort - you tried, but it looks like you're well and truly on the way to being completely fucked now that the tories are closer to forming a coalition than Corbyn is.

Apropos of nothing, here's the process for obtaining a firearms licence in New Zealand.
http://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/standard-new-zealand-firearms-licence

Note, this is before you can even purchase any type of gun (and those types are heavily restricted).

@animeirl @gargron And yet for all this (probably sound) intel, #45 jumps on Twitter straight away and calls Qatar out, saying "See? Everything pointed to them all along!"
He doesn't even stop to take a breath before brain-farting all over social media.

Welcome to another Greater Than Code community referral: @Comfyweirdo!
Great to have you here!

For 1990円 I would happily live here: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/going-to-japan-short-on-cash-stay-here-maybe/

ここでいいね。多分ここに幸せに住むだろう。

@Elizafox Thit's probably aboot right, eh?