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This is cute. This article is itself an example of no adult in the room - the author skips over the real causes workplaces are full of mediocrity and goes for t
by alexashka 7y ago
This is cute. This article is itself an example of no adult in the room - the author skips over the real causes workplaces are full of mediocrity and goes for the politically correct never-offend-anybody stance of 'nobody knows eeeeverything, right?'
Workplaces are full of people who are not good at their job, only think about their bottom line and will resist anyone threatening their safety by trying to 'help' as the author suggests.
I'm looking forward to a blog post on how to navigate office politics, because that is the most important skillset of working at any large corporation, as soon as you have a mediocre skillset that isn't obviously mediocre to the manager caste.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoWhere you see mediocrity and people not being good at their jobs, the author sees that "... no one knows everything and everyone is doing the best they can.". > goes for the politically correct never-offend-anybody stance of 'nobody knows eeeeverything, right?' I feel like you may have unreasonable expectations - everyone starts out with a mediocre skillset. Do you expect everyone to be experts? Or are you simply frustrated with the corporate ladder?
- jessaustin 7y agoThe proper response to mediocre skillsets is to do the work to improve skillsets. Whatever else is meant by "adults", one would hope they're helping that process.
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- algaeontoast 7y agoYour post brazenly reflects my experience at Amazon for a year. Specifically, using "workplace principles" (actually look these up if you want a quick laugh) to cover for the mistakes of tech managers and/or when junior devs didn't deliver 100% with almost zero guidance or backing.