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Unfortunately, I have to agree. I've been hired into an informal "staff/principal" role for my part of the organization and it's simply impossible to work. The
by throwaway98988 8y ago
Unfortunately, I have to agree. I've been hired into an informal "staff/principal" role for my part of the organization and it's simply impossible to work. The other staff/principal engineers I see here are exactly how you describe. They are against anything that will make their roles as "the oracle" less important.
Documentation is such a mess because of that and the onboarding process specifically says there are a lot of "oral history" newcomers have to learn before doing anything meaningful.
- scarface74 8y agoI don’t get that but it does happen. I don’t want to be stuck working on the same project forever and the only ways I can avoid that is by documenting everything, using off the shelf widely used frameworks where documentation is available and cross training.
- hk-mars 8y agoSo how to improve this situation? I think it’s human problem :)
- mixmastamyk 8y agoIf you can't convince them, you might try the boss.