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> In fact, this is merely an extension of a ploy used by children on a playground: "Oh yeah? I could have done that if I wanted to." Or by adult professionals
by miklosme 6y ago
> In fact, this is merely an extension of a ploy used by children on a playground: "Oh yeah? I could have done that if I wanted to."
Or by adult professionals on Hacker News.
- nickelpro 6y agoA rather bold usage of "professionals" there, and for that matter "adult"
- cycomanic 6y agoWell played sir!
- sebastialonso 6y agoWhat a lame comment. I could have written one better If I had the time!
- fctorial 6y agoWhat a lame comment. I could have written one better If I had the time!
- BoiledCabbage 6y agoWhat a great comment! I wrote a similar one on Reddit.
- hn8788 6y agoI had an insufferable coworker who doubled down on that attitude. If he hadn't thought of something, instead of just saying he could have done it, he'd start rambling about why it was a bad idea, and that he was smart for choosing not to do it. His whole attitude was "I know everything, and if I don't know it, it's because it's not worth knowing". Worst part was the non-technical management ate it up because he was so confidently wrong, so people got dragged into working on his convuluted solutions that just happened to always match up with his skillset.
- dfee 6y agoSo how do you productively deal with this? There’s got to be a way, I just don’t know what it is. The worse form of this is when they: 1) make poor choices faster than you can catch up 2) have a less senior team (in ability, not title) that can’t see more than a couple commits ahead to keep the damage in check.
- Thursday032521 6y ago> So how do you productively deal with this? Explain it in your exit interview.
- whatshisface 6y agoI know you're joking, but it's considered impolite to explain things in exit interviews.
- jldl805 6y agoNot if done professionally, positively, specifically, and helpfully.
- Thursday032521 6y agoI'm not- in every exit interview I offer polite, constructive feedback.
- titzer 6y agoThis describes an uncomfortably high fraction of CS people.
- lallysingh 6y agoAnd very clumpy. Some places are nearly full, some nearly empty.
- potta_coffee 6y ago
- danaliv 6y ago> adult professionals on Hacker News No such thing.