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Contradictively, in the software engineering environment I'm working at, engineers who thrive are those who are open minded and capable of thinking out of the b
by valand 7y ago
Contradictively, in the software engineering environment I'm working at, engineers who thrive are those who are open minded and capable of thinking out of the box: the jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-something, the artist-artisan, the orator-motivator, the metaphor-generator, the occult, the physicist, the photographer, the producer-psycholog, the gunpla-mad-scientist, etc.
The rest follows.
Some engineers are close minded because of upbringing, culture, and previous education. They simply didn't experience enough or experienced more than what they could receive at a time, inducing trauma.
Encouragement can unlock it, sometimes with shock therapy. Current environment boost one's change as long as it can hold against negative traits and influence of someone's close mindedness.
It's a game of influence and infection in a closed scope.
- na85 7y ago>Contradictively, in the software engineering environment I'm working at, engineers who thrive are those who are open minded and capable of thinking out of the box: the jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-something, the artist-artisan, the orator-motivator, the metaphor-generator, the cult-follower, the physicist, the photographer, the producer-psycholog, the gunpla-mad-scientist, etc. I think this is nearly always the case. Meritocratic promotion systems don't really exist in reality. Being more social and open-minded than one's colleagues is always going to get one ahead.
- valand 7y agoYes, but it's not only because of being more social and open-minded. Sometimes it's the ultra-introvert-ultimate-problem-solver, or someone who is involuntarily being depended on by everyone by being caring all the time. Ultimately it's someone deemed useful for other people. On the contrary, someone with "I'm frontend so I don't care what backend is really doing" or "If it is in production then it's SRE's responsibility" attitude don't go anywhere.
- F_J_H 7y agoIs there such thing as an actual credentialed "software engineer"? From my experience, it's a title invoked by anyone ranging from a CS grad to someone who has completed a 3 week coding bootcamp...
- valand 7y agoAnyone who can pass an interview in any company requiring engineers really. One of the reason there is level.fyi. Certifications help up to a certain point. Word of mouth is still a thing for us. Linkedin recommendation, even though it's forgable? Also, being in a company with a high engineering and culture expectation, I noticed that some people are naturally good for the business, ranging from old experienced people to non arrogant gifted entry level engineer. The more they are open-minded the faster they learn about any thing.
- haskellandchill 7y agoWhere do you work? Sounds like somewhere I'd like to apply.