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Mandatory Seinfeld reference [1]. Honestly, this is good advice. So much of work is actually just perception management. Looking annoyed or angry without actual

by cletus 4y ago

Mandatory Seinfeld reference [1]. Honestly, this is good advice. So much of work is actually just perception management. Looking annoyed or angry without actually being mean or inconsiderate is a bit of a cheat code. Beyond perception management there's the issue of avoiding unnecessary interruptions. It can be hard to define what's necesary and what isn't. Rarely does it have anything to do with what someone is interrupting you for but instead, it is (once again) it's perception management. There is a context-switching contest that comes from being interrupted and it can be hard to get back in the zone. So you want to avoid people interrupting you to ask something that would quite literally be the first link on a trivial Google search. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kafq7yrKAOQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kafq7yrKAOQ

wara23arish 4y ago
I have noticed this since joining a new team this year. There is one person on my team who is always annoyed and complaining about something but really they just dont get anything done. There are various times I had to work with them, and when there are no blockers whatsoever they wont do shit. I would love to be able to say “do something about it” when they goes on their rants but american culture is too polite. Most of their contributions to team meetings is “docked has this new thing that could be helpful” and various other name-drops. Idk if the rest of the ppl are fooled or its just a thing we put up with.
- sublinear 4y ago
  Sounds like you should move over to Docker :p
  - wara23arish 4y ago
    HA, the latest namedrop was “I attended github universe, they’re working on a lot of CiCD stuff that can be helpful “ I think americans are just high trust society so they’re not usually skeptical of people. Im skeptical of myself much less other ppl :D
- badcppdev 4y ago
  I remember working with a team where a new starter had joined and although he talked a lot in meetings I wasn't sure what he was contributing. I checked the code commits and he had committed 2 things in a couple of months. It wasn't my team so I didn't cause a fuss but from that point onwards I made sure that he wasn't on the critical path for anything I cared about. In hindsight the mismanagement on that team probably led to the exit 5 years later being $100-200 million lower than it could have been. But the company was super stingy with shares so I'm not sure it would have been worth my time rocking the boat. In other hindsight I might have realised why I look angry while I'm at work.

by cletus 4y ago

wara23arish 4y ago

I have noticed this since joining a new team this year. There is one person on my team who is always annoyed and complaining about something but really they just dont get anything done. There are various times I had to work with them, and when there are no blockers whatsoever they wont do shit. I would love to be able to say “do something about it” when they goes on their rants but american culture is too polite. Most of their contributions to team meetings is “docked has this new thing that could be helpful” and various other name-drops. Idk if the rest of the ppl are fooled or its just a thing we put up with.

sublinear 4y ago
Sounds like you should move over to Docker :p
- wara23arish 4y ago
  HA, the latest namedrop was “I attended github universe, they’re working on a lot of CiCD stuff that can be helpful “ I think americans are just high trust society so they’re not usually skeptical of people. Im skeptical of myself much less other ppl :D
badcppdev 4y ago
I remember working with a team where a new starter had joined and although he talked a lot in meetings I wasn't sure what he was contributing. I checked the code commits and he had committed 2 things in a couple of months. It wasn't my team so I didn't cause a fuss but from that point onwards I made sure that he wasn't on the critical path for anything I cared about. In hindsight the mismanagement on that team probably led to the exit 5 years later being $100-200 million lower than it could have been. But the company was super stingy with shares so I'm not sure it would have been worth my time rocking the boat. In other hindsight I might have realised why I look angry while I'm at work.