Great point about not micromanaging. Great developers actually need the most freedom as, in my opinion, engineering is not just a logical discipline, but also a creative one.
I'm especially glad you got to get two awesome superstar developers to comment on their perspectives too. :D
I agree about the creativity part. The thing is, with superstars you don't get any benefit from the micromanagement - they will just be annoyed... The less you do it, the better they work.
P.S. Do you have LinkedIn or you are still anonymous? :)
in my experience superstars struggle with collaboration in a team but the leaders does not address it because "they are great at coding" and so the team suffers :(
Thanks Raviraj! Your tip about disrespecting the tip is a good one. When you are good at your job, sometimes you become cocky and stop noticing how your behaviour affects other people.
Great point about not micromanaging. Great developers actually need the most freedom as, in my opinion, engineering is not just a logical discipline, but also a creative one.
I'm especially glad you got to get two awesome superstar developers to comment on their perspectives too. :D
Great article, Anton! Really enjoying these.
I agree about the creativity part. The thing is, with superstars you don't get any benefit from the micromanagement - they will just be annoyed... The less you do it, the better they work.
P.S. Do you have LinkedIn or you are still anonymous? :)
I don't have a LinkedIn yet! Still anonymous for now but I'm hoping to be on there by end of October :)
You'll be my first connection request!
I searched for Leonardo Creed 3-4 times, good to know I didn't miss anything 😂
Haha. I did the same :)
I found it useful thank dude
Really fun, informative topic and was a pleasure to collaborate on this with you, Anton.
It's a situation almost every manager will run into so I hope this article finds them :D
I wish all managers to get tons of such situations :)
Thanks for your input!
in my experience superstars struggle with collaboration in a team but the leaders does not address it because "they are great at coding" and so the team suffers :(
In this case, I don't think they are superstars. The cases I'm thinking about are developers who are both talented and well-liked.
The cases you mention are much harder.
Practical and interesting thanks!
Thanks Yair! I'm glad it's useful :)
Excellent choice of topic. The article has great tips on how to manage your superstars.
Also it was a pleasure collaborating with Anton on this one.
Thanks Raviraj! Your tip about disrespecting the tip is a good one. When you are good at your job, sometimes you become cocky and stop noticing how your behaviour affects other people.