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> You spring back to the present day, almost bolting out of your chair to object, "Don't do X!". Your colleagues are startled by your intense reaction, but they
by grafelic 5y ago
> You spring back to the present day, almost bolting out of your chair to object, "Don't do X!". Your colleagues are startled by your intense reaction, but they haven't seen the horrors you have.
They may be startled, but they almost certainly won't listen. The purgatory nature of IT work culture ensures this repetitive pattern.
- doctor_eval 5y agoThat’s my experience too. The older I get the more frustrated I am that people don’t want to learn from my mistakes. It’s not that I’m a jerk about it. Most of the time it’s business types saying “you don’t need to do all that stuff - just deploy it like that, it’ll be fine”. And then it’s not fine - and also, it’s somehow my fault. It seems to be more about personal aggrandisement (“I’m the boss and my word is law”) rather than trying to build a great business together. I’m pretty over it.
- worik 5y agoIt is easier to right than to read. It is easier to talk than to listen. It is easier to build new than adapt. All three of those statements are false. But all three are seductive