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Like almost all problems in life you have only 4 options: #1 Change you (accept what you are unable to change) #2 Change the other (convince them to follow yo

Like almost all problems in life you have only 4 options: #1 Change you (accept what you are unable to change) #2 Change the other (convince them to follow your vision) #3 Fly (divorce, quit) #4 Stay and suffer (include drinking, doing drugs, whining) It is amazing how many people chose number 4.

ORioN63 9y ago
#1, #2, #3 change state. #4 is no-op.
- firethief 9y ago
  The state changes no matter what; time makes actions out of no-ops.
  - Infernal 9y ago
    > time makes actions out of no-ops. Did you just write this extemporaneously? I want to put this where I'll see it at least 3 times a day.
    - cweagans 9y ago
      "extemporaneously" is probably my new favorite word.
  - Terr_ 9y ago
    Who would work-hours bear, To grunt and sweat under a startup life, But that the dread of something after now, The undiscovered country to whose bourn No traveler arrives puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus time does cause operations in us all, And thus the native hue of indecision Is painted o'er with the pale cast of change, And edifices of great inertia With this regard their currents turn awry, And gain the name of action.
osteele 9y ago
If you are not already self-medicating or a whiner, #4 is a sub case of #1.
- quickthrower2 9y ago
  Not really. #4 and #1 have the same outward appearance, but different mental states.
phkahler 9y ago
>> It is amazing how many people chose number 4. Agreed. We all need to periodically reread "Who Moved My Cheese?"
joejerryronnie 9y ago
Can I still drink, do drugs, and whine if I choose options #1, #2, or #3?
- quickthrower2 9y ago
  You can do all 4. Convince them to change, then quit anyway, change your perspective, get high and then moan about it.
HenryBemis 9y ago
I was once told of this expression: It doesn't matter whether the rock hits the egg or the egg his the rock. The egg will break. If you are the egg, either get out or prepare to suffer (#4). It looks like in this case the CTO feels he/she is the egg and a wrong choice has been made. If "it is definitely happening" then I would suggest #3, find another job and be merry :)

ORioN63 9y ago

#1, #2, #3 change state. #4 is no-op.

firethief 9y ago
The state changes no matter what; time makes actions out of no-ops.
- Infernal 9y ago
  > time makes actions out of no-ops. Did you just write this extemporaneously? I want to put this where I'll see it at least 3 times a day.
  - cweagans 9y ago
    "extemporaneously" is probably my new favorite word.
- Terr_ 9y ago
  Who would work-hours bear, To grunt and sweat under a startup life, But that the dread of something after now, The undiscovered country to whose bourn No traveler arrives puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus time does cause operations in us all, And thus the native hue of indecision Is painted o'er with the pale cast of change, And edifices of great inertia With this regard their currents turn awry, And gain the name of action.

osteele 9y ago

If you are not already self-medicating or a whiner, #4 is a sub case of #1.

quickthrower2 9y ago
Not really. #4 and #1 have the same outward appearance, but different mental states.

phkahler 9y ago

>> It is amazing how many people chose number 4. Agreed. We all need to periodically reread "Who Moved My Cheese?"

joejerryronnie 9y ago

Can I still drink, do drugs, and whine if I choose options #1, #2, or #3?

quickthrower2 9y ago
You can do all 4. Convince them to change, then quit anyway, change your perspective, get high and then moan about it.

HenryBemis 9y ago

I was once told of this expression: It doesn't matter whether the rock hits the egg or the egg his the rock. The egg will break. If you are the egg, either get out or prepare to suffer (#4). It looks like in this case the CTO feels he/she is the egg and a wrong choice has been made. If "it is definitely happening" then I would suggest #3, find another job and be merry :)