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That’s a ridiculous position. I would expect good engineers to laugh at the entire process and not see a future in that company. There is no way that engineers

That’s a ridiculous position. I would expect good engineers to laugh at the entire process and not see a future in that company. There is no way that engineers can be accurately assessed on code output. It doesn’t matter if it’s about defending or explaining. Either one is an absolutely absurd situation to find yourself in where you have to explain stuff to people with zero context to save your job. If I was given these instructions I’m out.

vincnetas 4y ago
why do you think that explaining something is ridiculous? i have been to meetings multiple times with representatives of other departmens and openly asked them to explain to me things that i didnt knew and needed to get understanding to implement some functionality. why its ridiculous when its other way arround and someone asks to explain what and why is this code doing? again, it looks like ypure taking it personally.
- the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
  It’s ridiculous because this is not genuine interest in someone’s work but a way to sieve out at scale. (I don’t have a horse in this race. I don’t work there. So not sure why you think I’m taking this personally)
  - downvote_magnet 4y ago
    > not genuine interest in someone's work That's your threshold for asking employees to summarize what they've been doing recently? Management must have some profound interest in the feature being delivered and how it was implemented? Question: have you ever managed people? And if so, how many?
    - the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
      Intention and context matters. The goal here is clearly to significantly downsize the operations with the least amount of severance to be paid. I won’t go into your ad hominem.
      - throwaway09223 4y ago
        Your anger with what's going on is coming through clearly. It sounds like you don't approve of any of the steps being taken because it's a downsizing. While you're entitled to your opinion, it doesn't seem particularly relevant in discussions about whether or not this process is effective.

vincnetas 4y ago

why do you think that explaining something is ridiculous? i have been to meetings multiple times with representatives of other departmens and openly asked them to explain to me things that i didnt knew and needed to get understanding to implement some functionality. why its ridiculous when its other way arround and someone asks to explain what and why is this code doing? again, it looks like ypure taking it personally.

the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
It’s ridiculous because this is not genuine interest in someone’s work but a way to sieve out at scale. (I don’t have a horse in this race. I don’t work there. So not sure why you think I’m taking this personally)
- downvote_magnet 4y ago
  > not genuine interest in someone's work That's your threshold for asking employees to summarize what they've been doing recently? Management must have some profound interest in the feature being delivered and how it was implemented? Question: have you ever managed people? And if so, how many?
  - the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
    Intention and context matters. The goal here is clearly to significantly downsize the operations with the least amount of severance to be paid. I won’t go into your ad hominem.
    - throwaway09223 4y ago
      Your anger with what's going on is coming through clearly. It sounds like you don't approve of any of the steps being taken because it's a downsizing. While you're entitled to your opinion, it doesn't seem particularly relevant in discussions about whether or not this process is effective.