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>An alternate interpretation of this article is: "if you find yourself nodding with this article, know that you too have the personality of a follower of the sy
by navbaker 5y ago
>An alternate interpretation of this article is: "if you find yourself nodding with this article, know that you too have the personality of a follower of the system and will probably never impact the system yourself."
Why can an individual not make an impact unless they change the system or demonstrate that they are not "a follower"?
- abernard1 5y agoAny individual at any level can make an impact. My issue is that this article emphasizes how to go with the flow of an existing system. It also implies that changing the system is outside the reach of ICs. Not only do I believe partially changing the system is not outside of the realm of ICs, I've rarely seen successful engineers who didn't do it when necessary. If an engineer only feels comfortable changing the system when they're promoted into an official title, they are still operating on the tracks laid down by others. They'll be incapable of altering fundamental flaws or making fundamental improvements. More specifically here, I think the apologia for this very specific (and exhausting!) list of procedures for how to navigate company politics indicates not just a specific career on autopilot, but a whole company on autopilot. I can't imagine an environment like this that is high performance.
- aprdm 5y agoI didn't read the article like you did, I read it as "Be aware of those before proposing big changes", which is true.