> I have been in the position where the VP of IT wants to have his cake and eat it too: VP salary while micromanaging variable names that the dev team uses so that he can relive his salad days as a tech lead.
While that may be the reason in that particular case, it seems to me the more common problem for micromanagement isn't a desire to relive one's days in a position lower on the org chart, its simply lacking the skills to operate at one's new level. Or, I guess, a corollary to the Peter Principle: people tend to work at their level of competence, despite being promoted to their level of incompetence.
While that may be the reason in that particular case, it seems to me the more common problem for micromanagement isn't a desire to relive one's days in a position lower on the org chart, its simply lacking the skills to operate at one's new level. Or, I guess, a corollary to the Peter Principle: people tend to work at their level of competence, despite being promoted to their level of incompetence.