77: The Promotion Paradox | SUDO Show 77

SUDO Show 77, “The Promotion Paradox,” is all about what happens when the best nerd in the room gets handed a calendar full of 1:1s, budgets, and “peopleware” instead of terminals and tickets. Bill, Neal, and Noel swap stories about micromanagers, open office nightmares, open source maintainers, and why learning to lead humans is way harder—and ultimately more rewarding—than just being the fastest person at fixing servers.

Show Links:

The Manager’s Path – Camille Fournier

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-managers-path/9781491973882/

An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management – Will Larson

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45303387-an-elegant-puzzle

Linus Torvalds & Dirk Hohndel – Open Source Summit North America 2026 keynote

https://youtu.be/fi29pfLcW4I

Connect with the Hosts:

Bill - @ctlinux on Mastodon

Neal - @neal@social.gompa.me on Mastodon

Noel - https://github.com/noelmiller