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Another way to do this that isn't about escaping from your boring work is... well, making your work more interesting. Have a good idea? Coordinate with the rig
by kqr 4y ago
Another way to do this that isn't about escaping from your boring work is... well, making your work more interesting.
Have a good idea? Coordinate with the right people and go for it. Even if nobody asked you to.
You should never feel like you need someone's authorisation to do a good job.
Becoming free anywhere, even within one's regular work, is not about asking for freedom -- it's about insisting to act as if one is already free.
Or, as Grace Hopper put it, "it's far easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission."
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Sometimes this will lead to wonderful things.
Sometimes, sure, this will get you into a mess, but honestly, weren't you sort of already? Spending a 25 % of your life somewhere you are unable to engage is messed up.
- imbnwa 4y agoThis is what I try to do, but at the org I work for there's a low key assumption that Devs are too stupid to do anything but what can be implemented in a sprint, no matter the complexity of the problem (which obviously leads to poor engineering outcomes). Teams are criticized when there're no 0-burndowns by people upstairs so everyone adapted by vastly simplifying solutions/work to fit that expectation.
- ornornor 4y agoBe careful. Stay at one of these places too long, or work at too many in a row, and you’ll end up so burned out that you won’t be able to even entertain the idea of programming ever again for quite some time. Been there, got the t-shirt.