re:mechanical_fish I've made other replies in this thread, but I think I've just realized the core issue: It's easier and less error-prone to change yourself

re:mechanical_fish I've made other replies in this thread, but I think I've just realized the core issue: It's easier and less error-prone to change yourself than to change external organizations. Over the years, this becomes more and more clear, which is perhaps why older people seem more conservative and cynical. Essentially you're arguing: this thing is difficult for me and others to do, so let's change the system. You assume that this will be easier than changing yourself and that it will turn out as you expect. Experience teaches that things almost always seem easier and less complicated at first. Experience teaches that again, and again, massive fuckups start with good intentions. From a coding perspective: think of getting buy-in from various people and departments to change some process or piece of code, versus just doing it yourself. Which will be easier? So, should we avoid all structural change? Of course not. It's just that as you get older you've experienced more of these good intention -> massive fuckup cycles, and become attuned to them. So to summarize, I expect that your plan would have unintended consequences, and that it would be easier and ultimately more effective to just re-train yourself.