On Mon, June 1, 1998 at 19:32:05 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes: >William S. Lear wrote: > >> Another thing about software development: you get much >>higher quality when you allow extensive and relatively free worker >>communication. This, dreadfully, can lead to all things like >>confidence, solidarity, etc. > >Someone at the Binghamton labor conference said that software teams were >intensely solidaristic - until the deadline, the moment of delivery, when >it all broke down and people went their separate ways. > >No? Yes and No. Solidarity under duress tends to have lasting effects. You'll hang out with your buddies (99% men, by the way), stinky, bleary-eyed, working crazily, becoming labile and dropping (artificial) social guards normally in place... Then, you finally push the thing out the door and return to more routine work. But that burst of energy brings people together and leaves a stain that management can't remove easily. Bill
