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It’s going to sound a bit harsh, but what you hate is engineering discipline. Every engineer I know absolutely hates it but it’s like being an adult. There’s a
by syntaxing 4y ago
It’s going to sound a bit harsh, but what you hate is engineering discipline. Every engineer I know absolutely hates it but it’s like being an adult. There’s a ton of things that suck but it’s important to do in order to survive. Most process suck and some are even bloated. But they’re there usually for a reason (mostly good). No good product is sustainable without engineers with good discipline.
- baby 4y ago“Discipline” is the word I was looking for. I think that’s the best word to describe the kind of engineering that splits for fun engineering with serious/for prod engineering
- wnolens 4y agoThat's my take, too. It's platonic ideal v.s. real life. The latter is frustrating, but it's.. real.
- actinium226 4y agoOne thing that I find frustrating with engineering is that sometimes this discipline is followed very perfunctorily. I think that's where at least some of the complaints are coming from. One thing that tends to irk me is when I'm in a culture that doesn't take code review seriously, and just hits approve on every PR/MR/CS because it would be rude not to. It's not that the discipline is frustrating, it's the ceremony that's frustrating. That said I think you have a point.