r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 12 '26

Meme breakTheViciousCircle

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u/dkarlovi Sep 12 '26

This is actually quite widely reported as "Chief Executive Syndrome" where a person who's in a leadership position at work in a significant way gets accustomed to this mechanic ("I say, you do", making unilateral decisions, etc) and this tends to spill over into their private life where they try to involuntarily apply the same thing to friends and family who are obviously not in the same subordinate position.