Chanakya - A modern day CEO
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Chanakya - A modern day CEO

Effective Engineering .. Solider mentality ...

I have had the fortune of being tech space for almost over 2 decades. I started off with my Bacherlo's in Computer Science and then later went on to do my Masters.

Cutting right to the chase,

I feel we can all be better technologists, software architects, software engineers, SDETs, if each of the companies is following a military model, a more friendly SEAL team model for developing software.

#WhatIFBySiva

What IF for every engineering decision we make, we have a #benevolent #dictator at the helm. That could be a CEO, SVP, VP, Director, Senior Manager, or Manager. Each #Shepherding authority will exhibit a benevolent dictatorship, when the person with #authority communicates to the person with software skills. clearly and objectively communicates the #What and #When of the "ask".

What-When model

If the person of authority is highly objective about the What and When and then adds the subjectivity of what and when as justification, then the person of software skill can clearly follow the strategy-execution model or the #How objectively.

Bringing back a #military analogy...

If an SEAL team has to go out on a #mission to take out the bad guys ...

The field Colonel decides the #What and #When

The Captain, leader of the squad, "should" have autonomy and should feel empowered to decide on the #How and will need to establish a feedback loop with the Colonel and his team after the How is finalized.

When #How is finalized, we have crossed the #Strategy barrier.

Now it's #Execution time, and the Captain is the King!

All Hail the Captain!

That's how victory is achieved in the battlefield!

Now for some food for thought ...

#WhatIF we start treating software development as a military-op.

Wouldn't that be a #benevolent dictatorship?


Conventional wisdom and objective data says, that's how I should setup and lead my teams!

Thoughts?

Finally I leave you with you an interesting article talking about the comparison between East vs West approach towards #Military and #WarFare

Much before Sun-Tzu and much much before Machiavelli, we had #Chanakya from Indian subcontinent doing some ALT thinking and #WhatIFs on military and warfare strategy!

Out of his sheer brilliance, came Chanakya Neeti, which is a precursor by at least a 100 years in my estimate, to other litreray classics.


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I leave you with this online fable,

"Much before, when 'The Prince' was born in the West, the Neeti (translates, to law or way of life) was born in India..."

Happy coding!

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Saksham Mangwana

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