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I've had this type of person on my team before. Reading through the questions and rationales I can just picture that person asking the same questions and expect
by yibg 4y ago
I've had this type of person on my team before. Reading through the questions and rationales I can just picture that person asking the same questions and expecting the same answers. Technically capable and a pain to work with. Everything was their way only, no compromises. If you don't agree, then you're just too dumb or inexperienced. The cost to the rest of the team is simply too high.
- civilized 4y agoI appreciate both this and the sister comment. I think it's perfectly valid to come to a new job with strong opinions, but they should be open to challenge and a discovery of limitations and context-dependence. In my line of work, people with strong opinions are very rarely encountered. The tendency is overwhelmingly towards unquestioning conformity to the status quo. As a result, foundational decisions are etched in stone and impossible to revisit, no matter how much downstream pain they cause. Personally, then, I welcome any suggestion that a person has a thoughtful preference after reflecting on alternatives. But maybe it is not that useful if it is just another form of mindless rigidity.