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I had a great boss (founder of the company) who said, after I just screwed up, "There is not a mistake you can make, that I haven't already made. Just don't ma
by modfodder 10y ago
I had a great boss (founder of the company) who said, after I just screwed up, "There is not a mistake you can make, that I haven't already made. Just don't make the same mistake twice."
- dingaling 10y agoReminds me of the boot-camp story of the nervous recruit inquiring of his sergeant: "Sir beg my pardon for asking but why did you give Smith 50 press-ups for asking a question? You said that there were no stupid questions. Sir." "I gave him the press-ups the SECOND time he asked. Will you need to ask again?"
- gohrt 10y agoThat's awful. So they train people to never ask for clarification or refresh if they misunderstand or forget, so instead they go on to make a far worse mistake acting on incorrect information.
- mulmen 10y agoA clarification question is not asking the same question twice. The point seems to be that you should pay attention.
- arebus 10y agoI believe that is the lesson from the story, but I don't believe the lesson from the story == the lesson irl. The IRL takeaway is that if you don't open your mouth, you don't get punished. If you do open your mouth, you might get punished.