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My team handles all code, documentation and release through Github. I was asked (more like forced to) have someone in my team copying zips of our releases and

My team handles all code, documentation and release through Github. I was asked (more like forced to) have someone in my team copying zips of our releases and converting all code documentation into google doc files (with company logo, proper format,…). All of this code and documentation is for internal use only. No one has ever read any of those documents, since the only people that would use it are in my team, who obviously prefer not having to fill a whole page of useless fluff just to save a useful command or a quick note about the method they just wrote. There’s a LOT of BS in jobs, even in tech.

ptx 5y ago
For the sake of that person's sanity, I hope they were able to automate the generation of these write-only files from the actual documentation on GitHub.
- bhaak 5y ago
  As programmers, we have the ability to automate such things (given enough time). Not everybody is so lucky.
- deepserket 5y ago
  i did exactly this... i worked for a couple of months as a data entry and my job was to convert a bunch (thousands) of pdf files into excel spreadsheets. Since the format of the files was the same (because they were generated by a program) it wasn't hard to automate this job... Also i disliked the company so i didn't tell it to anybody
georgeecollins 5y ago
You are doing horse work-- copying and converting files-- directed by a decision maker who is making bad decisions. It's easy to measure your output. Sadly the work you do is useless because you are being directed by someone for whom the quality of their decision (in your opinion, which btw sounds like is not getting traction) is bad. PS: You need to learn about doing the non horse work of inventing ways to get people to listen to you when you say your time is being wasted. That's work that is hard to measure, unlike copying files, but that we would both agree is valuable.

ptx 5y ago

For the sake of that person's sanity, I hope they were able to automate the generation of these write-only files from the actual documentation on GitHub.

bhaak 5y ago
As programmers, we have the ability to automate such things (given enough time). Not everybody is so lucky.
deepserket 5y ago
i did exactly this... i worked for a couple of months as a data entry and my job was to convert a bunch (thousands) of pdf files into excel spreadsheets. Since the format of the files was the same (because they were generated by a program) it wasn't hard to automate this job... Also i disliked the company so i didn't tell it to anybody

georgeecollins 5y ago

You are doing horse work-- copying and converting files-- directed by a decision maker who is making bad decisions. It's easy to measure your output. Sadly the work you do is useless because you are being directed by someone for whom the quality of their decision (in your opinion, which btw sounds like is not getting traction) is bad. PS: You need to learn about doing the non horse work of inventing ways to get people to listen to you when you say your time is being wasted. That's work that is hard to measure, unlike copying files, but that we would both agree is valuable.