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This type of personalities are common in the tech world. Get used to it. Don't let it rock your boat. Do your job, do it the way your superiors want it done(no

This type of personalities are common in the tech world. Get used to it. Don't let it rock your boat. Do your job, do it the way your superiors want it done(no matter how you prefer to do it). If they want their eggs scrambbled, make them scrambbled, if they want them overeasy, make them overweasy. The customer is always right because they pay you to do it the way they want it. No need to bring your personal opinions into the work place. If it's too uncomfortable, like someone else said here, tough it out for a year then make a move.

cookiecaper 11y ago
I upvoted you, because I think this is useful advice to some extent. A lot of people go into programming because they want to be objectively right all the time and they can't handle extended interpersonal dealings. Programming gives them those opportunities; the compiler makes a binary decision about whether your code is "right" or "wrong", and they can always shut people out by saying they have to work on code. As such, difficult personalities are very common in corporate IT. You can't leave every job over it. Gotta suck it up and just learn to get work done while avoiding your co-workers' triggers unless you know the problem is truly extreme in your workplace.
- jazzyk 11y ago
  smart/inquisitive != asshole
  - cookiecaper 11y ago
    Neither does "smart/inquisitive" mean "must always be proved right" or "can't talk to people". Your comment does not seem relevant.
    - jazzyk 11y ago
      I think you've just agreed with me? Perhaps I should have used "does not imply" instead of "not equal to". And the comment is relevant, because I claim that there are many smart people in IT who are not jerks, while you had a defeatist attitude ("most people in IT are difficult, deal with it".
jazzyk 11y ago
I did not downvote you (because you provide a POV relevant to the story), but this is one terrible piece of advice. Many years ago, I was in a situation similar to the OP, and after a year or so, I was on the verge of a depression (which I did not realize it by then). To the OP: leave as soon as you can. There are good places to work out there.
- freakono 11y ago
  Of course if it's affecting your health,by all means leave as soon as you can. However, we cannot leave everytime we hit a roadblock, sometimes things change for the better, sometimes we grow out of it, there could be organizational changes and so many other factors that may change our outlook on the workplace.

cookiecaper 11y ago

I upvoted you, because I think this is useful advice to some extent. A lot of people go into programming because they want to be objectively right all the time and they can't handle extended interpersonal dealings. Programming gives them those opportunities; the compiler makes a binary decision about whether your code is "right" or "wrong", and they can always shut people out by saying they have to work on code. As such, difficult personalities are very common in corporate IT. You can't leave every job over it. Gotta suck it up and just learn to get work done while avoiding your co-workers' triggers unless you know the problem is truly extreme in your workplace.

jazzyk 11y ago
smart/inquisitive != asshole
- cookiecaper 11y ago
  Neither does "smart/inquisitive" mean "must always be proved right" or "can't talk to people". Your comment does not seem relevant.
  - jazzyk 11y ago
    I think you've just agreed with me? Perhaps I should have used "does not imply" instead of "not equal to". And the comment is relevant, because I claim that there are many smart people in IT who are not jerks, while you had a defeatist attitude ("most people in IT are difficult, deal with it".

jazzyk 11y ago

I did not downvote you (because you provide a POV relevant to the story), but this is one terrible piece of advice. Many years ago, I was in a situation similar to the OP, and after a year or so, I was on the verge of a depression (which I did not realize it by then). To the OP: leave as soon as you can. There are good places to work out there.

freakono 11y ago
Of course if it's affecting your health,by all means leave as soon as you can. However, we cannot leave everytime we hit a roadblock, sometimes things change for the better, sometimes we grow out of it, there could be organizational changes and so many other factors that may change our outlook on the workplace.