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> In the military you often don't get a vote upon the technology, the environment, the people you work with, or really anything. You realize you are an adult. Y
by tboyd47 8y ago
> In the military you often don't get a vote upon the technology, the environment, the people you work with, or really anything. You realize you are an adult. You suck it up and try to make the best of it. As crappy as that may at first sound it is a forcing function with some really positive results. You have to be flexible. You have to embrace new things. You have to work with all kinds of people.
Sometimes new things very clearly flashes in the pan, and sometimes people are clearly on their way out the door, and applying a forcing function doesn't change that, though.
That dev who "cried" and was "hostile" for not being able to use a framework, was it really hostility or just frustration?
Just something to think about! :) Thanks for sharing.
EDIT: I removed most of my reply because it really was too much.
- clebio 8y agoDespite your last sentence, your reply is quite knee-jerk, and rudely rejects what the parent was asked to elaborate on. > Did you ever consider... Well, yeah, they probably have given 20 years thinking about this. And the nuance of a reply would probably take time and several more paragraphs. I am genuinely interested to hear this view of the military, since I've heard that sentiment elsewhere before (that it is effective specifically in ways that corporate entities fail comically), but having no experience (no interest) in joining-up, I haven't understood what's behind it. I would _love_ for the parent to elaborate and welcome more. Sure, a lot of software isn't life or death, but that doesn't mean we can't learn from effective teams and organizations, wherever they are.
- tboyd47 8y agoYou do have a point. Perhaps it was rude of me to butt in here; nevertheless, I stand by my view, misplaced or not.