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> All you have to do is say no once in a while... > Just insist... Some companies work like this, but many don't. Such utterances could be charting a course t

• mixmastamyk 5y ago
  Plenty of openings out there. Not worth suffering to get a 2% raise rather than 1%. If they won't let you fix something once a month it's time to get moving. Learned helplessness, indeed.
  • YawningAngel 5y ago
    It isn't learned helplessness if you are actually helpless.
    • mixmastamyk 5y ago
      The whole point of the article is that the vast majority of engineering teams have some power. It's not a license to derail the company with technical OCD, but as in all things… "balance, grasshopper." Yes, there is 1% who can't follow that advice for various reasons of desperation. Not enough to continue arguing this thread.