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“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” -Mark Twain It is be impossible to expect a person above you

• el_dev_hell 5y ago
  > It is be impossible to expect a person above you in a hirarchy to be reasonable. Why's that?
  • tnzm 5y ago
    Hierarchy overrides reason.
  • piaste 5y ago
    Depending on the nature of the hierarchy, they can engage in dishonest one-sided discussion because if you agree with them, good, if you disagree with them, they can just say something like 'I hear your feedback and will keep it in mind but we are going to go ahead with the original plan' and then pull rank. This is, however, only as bad as your lack of leverage as a subordinate. If your dissatisfaction can make your superiors' lives harder (by quitting or by working suboptimally), you'll find that they become quite a bit more reasonable.
• orwin 5y ago
  Impossible is too strong here. A more accurate take would be "don't plan for a person above you in a hierarchy to be reasonable".
  • makach 5y ago
    but "that sounds impossible to me." Also, there can be no rule without exceptions. I thorougly enjoyed the article and it definitively got me thinking. I do believe in the reasonable concept. I definitively have met many reasonable persons- but I have also met equally many or more who are not. What does it even mean "to be reasonable?" It is subjective. Because I can be reasonable but you cannot is what proves the statement.