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Similarly: In the Navy there used to be a saying that when you relieve in a billet (i.e., take over a position from someone being transferred), your predecessor
by dctoedt 4y ago
Similarly: In the Navy there used to be a saying that when you relieve in a billet (i.e., take over a position from someone being transferred), your predecessor left you "a total can of worms," but when you get relieved, what you're leaving for your successor is "just a few loose ends to tie up."
- Nursie 4y agoWhen you inherit a software project, the people who made design decisions and have already moved on, well they made some terrible mistakes, how could they ever have thought that was a good idea? And now we have to live with their horrendous mess. I've got to put so much effort into working around it and fixing it all. And I fully acknowledge that when I move on, I will be one of those people to the next set of developers!
- Konohamaru 4y agoThis has a name. It's called "Fundamental Attribution Bias."