OneMeaningManyNames to Programmer [email protected]English • 11 months agoDo you have this guy at work? I dolemmy.mlimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1241arrow-down113
arrow-up1228arrow-down1imageDo you have this guy at work? I dolemmy.mlOneMeaningManyNames to Programmer [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•11 months agoI absolutely cannot stand this kind of logic. “We make a shit ton of money on this very critical piece of software!” “Then let me fix it!” “NO! It’s making us money NOW! It only stops making us money when it’s broken. At which point then we fix it.” “But that might be hours. We can minimize downtime if we plan properly.” "But it’s making us money NOW!1!1!” I shit you not I have had various versions of this conversation throughout my career, across industries, across disciplines.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months agoTrue zen is achieved when you realize it’s not your problem. Even better when the thing eventually breaks and you can be smug about it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoIt’s your problem when they can’t make payroll because of it. And it’s your problem when they ultimately blame you for not having the solution ready to implement. The first has happened to me once. The second more times than I can count.
minus-squareVictorlinkfedilink4•11 months ago Make PR ready to merge. Mark as Draft and write in the description that management says this should not be merged until the site breaks. Site breaks. They blame you for not having a solution ready. 😎 👈 You.
I absolutely cannot stand this kind of logic.
“We make a shit ton of money on this very critical piece of software!”
“Then let me fix it!”
“NO! It’s making us money NOW! It only stops making us money when it’s broken. At which point then we fix it.”
“But that might be hours. We can minimize downtime if we plan properly.”
"But it’s making us money NOW!1!1!”
I shit you not I have had various versions of this conversation throughout my career, across industries, across disciplines.
True zen is achieved when you realize it’s not your problem. Even better when the thing eventually breaks and you can be smug about it.
It’s your problem when they can’t make payroll because of it. And it’s your problem when they ultimately blame you for not having the solution ready to implement.
The first has happened to me once.
The second more times than I can count.
Draftand write in the description that management says this should not be merged until the site breaks.This is not how the real world works
Be the change you want to see ✨🌈