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yosefk | 7 years ago

Wow - an army guy, "the Father of the Nuclear Navy," who gets things about management that half the tech industry doesn't, instead using supposedly army-like command-and-control methods!

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pdonis|7 years ago

> an army guy

Rickover was never in the army as far as I know. He was in the navy. At least in the US, the army and the navy are very different organizations (although these days all of the military branches in the US are being eaten by the Borg of "Joint" organizations).

foobarian|7 years ago

Do you have any pointers about this? As someone on the outside they always seemed two of the same to me except for the kind of equipment they had access to.

escape_goat|7 years ago

He is writing about his experience working as a literal bureaucrat. Describing this as "command and control methods" misunderstands the term.

0x445442|7 years ago

Half the tech industry? If by tech you mean software, I reckon way more than half.