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I agree, overwork is bad. But this part struck me: "Clarity struck me at a management meeting when a colleague asked my opinion on a project. I shrugged light
by cbanek 10y ago
I agree, overwork is bad. But this part struck me:
"Clarity struck me at a management meeting when a colleague asked my opinion on a project. I shrugged lightly and said it didn’t matter to me, my team would be able to support whatever decision that was made. It was a somber, sobering realization: I didn’t care."
Now maybe this was one of those internal realizations, which is totally legit. But not having an opinion is okay too. I almost feel like part of the friction in tech is that everyone must always have a strong opinion all the time, even when it is unrelated to their work. Overall, I wish I had more times where people said "either of those sound fine, they both get the job done." Usually people who are "passionate" are actually prescribing details they have little insight into, vs the person who's doing the actual work / designing.
- humanrebar 10y agoI've had more problems in the other direction, actually: people who weren't that opinionated executing on really bad plans. They could be really terrible plans, even. Like cutting corners here or there, but they just didn't want to make an issue out of it.
- cbanek 10y agoWell if someone is executing a bad plan, they either know it's a bad plan, or they don't know it's a bad plan. If they think it's a great plan, it's usually hard to convince them it's not if they aren't willing to listen. But if they have less of an emotional investment, usually I find it easier to convince them of whatever I think needs to be changed.