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The article mentions not taking things personally, but doesn't go into detail on how are you supposed to do that. Developers, myself included, are often very p
by ainar-g 6y ago
The article mentions not taking things personally, but doesn't go into
detail on how are you supposed to do that. Developers, myself
included, are often very passionate about their favourite tools and
practices, so when the environment changes from the one that encouraged
them to the one that discourages them (for example, when switching teams
or when new management arrives), it may become a ticking bomb of anger
and frustration for some.
On an unrelated note, the page uses:
hyphens: auto;
Which is good, I love hyphenation! But text that is hyphenated but not
justified is less legible, in my opinion. Hyphenation works best when
you know where to expect it. I would add:
text-align: justify;
- scns 6y agoThere is a talk by an actor (IIRC) who worked as a football (soccer) referee, to learn not to take things personally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnJwH_PZXnM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnJwH_PZXnM
- thanato0s 6y agoI'm the author of the article. I'm struggling with that myself. I don't have any solution tailored to everybody, because I think everybody is different on that. I'm the type of developer speaking loudly when I try to defend my idea, and I improved a lot over the years, but others won't have any difficulties to argue in a calm fashion, and there is a whole spectrum between. The only things which helped me was meditation and trying, again and again, to breath and trying calm done when I see myself too passionate. But again, I think it's really personal. Thanks for your comment on the formatting! I'll try to justify the text see how it goes.
- ainar-g 6y agoThanks for the response! I almost think that during debates people should be required to breathe deeply after every couple of phrases, heh.