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Ask HN: How do you end a non-winning argument in your PR professionally?
Getting in a pointless PR argument is one of the soul crushing reality developers face everyday.
How do you say "There's no point of dragging a non-winnable argument with you, so if you want this feature to be approved this afternoon, I'll revert back my changes so that you can stop bitching on this issue already!"?
- lm28469 8y ago"No biggie, let's do it your way", there is no point of being passive aggressive or showing resentment. It's a job, have discussions, not arguments. Chances are whatever you're arguing about now won't matter in 6 months. And if it does come back in a bad way you have public records clearing you off. > Getting in a pointless PR argument is one of the soul crushing reality developers face everyday. Happened to me a few times in my previous company, moving to a new job with less man childs and power maniacs fixed everything. It's not an issue a PR issue, it's a people issue. > I'll revert back my changes Settling on specs before implementing things help with that, it makes arguing much easier when you haven't already built a solution.