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When someone points out a painful truth, it's better to take a good look at oneself, be honest about our flaws, and accept their advice, than to just reject it
by vanderZwan 8y ago
When someone points out a painful truth, it's better to take a good look at oneself, be honest about our flaws, and accept their advice, than to just reject it and consider the other person as mean-spirited.
> Many of us programmers spend a lot of energy to keep systems simple
"Many" is not good enough (and makes me think of the cringy and problematic #notallmen thing on twitter). Ask yourself: who introduces the complexity to those systems again?
- trabant00 8y ago> When someone points out a painful truth, it's better to take a good look at oneself, be honest about our flaws, and accept their advice, than to just reject it and consider the other person as mean-spirited. If I say "you are stupid for presuming this to be the truth", are you going to: a) reject my statement and consider me mean spirited? b) take a good look at yourself and be honest about being stupid? Be honest about your flaws, accept my advice and never write a comment here again. /s
- vanderZwan 8y agoI'm not the one getting worked up feeling defensive and insulted here, and missing out on potentially good advice in the process.