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"Then I’m just the whiny asshole or primadonna or something." The way you approach doing this goes a long, long way toward how you're perceived. "It’s not pos
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Then I’m just the whiny asshole or primadonna or something."
The way you approach doing this goes a long, long way toward how you're perceived.
"It’s not possible to have these preferences treated in an adult way in modern corporations, and anyone the issue got escalated to will just see it as whining."
I imagine you think this is the case because you see others asking for similar types of things as also being "whining". All you have to do is ask politely and calmly, and things should be fine. You might not get your way, but asking for something isn't automatically seen as "whining" by most people.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoWhy do you think I perceive other askers as whiny? I don’t. I think corporate culture is sorely anti-humane, and we need better sociological solutions in dev teams and orgs, closer to what is described in Peopleware. I take other peoples’ preferences very seriously and treat them with respect. People should at least be heard and compromises attempted. Management and capricious brogrammer types in every company I’ve ever worked for across 12 years however do not act this way at all, and reasonable requests will only be used against you. This has been outwardly and definitively proven time after time.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoThat has not been the case in any of the jobs I've worked at over my career. You work in shitty companies.
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoIt has been the case in all the companies I’ve heard about from peers as well, which includes several of the “big four” tech companies, prominent startups, finance companies, etc. It sounds like your working experience has been wildly unrepresentative of the reality of modern corporations.