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Prevention is better, but you often don't get the same rewards.
by vsareto 4y ago
Prevention is better, but you often don't get the same rewards.
- pigbearpig 4y agoSad but true, I've grown to realize that it's important to highlight the applications that just work or were easy to extend because of a little foresight, otherwise it's too easy to forget. As I've done this more, I realize manager appreciate the reminder and reward the effort for these drama-free applications.
- lightbendover 4y agoBest path to promotion as a high-level engineer is intentionally creating institutional-level problems that only you can fix at scale.
- duncan-donuts 4y agoI've worked with people that do this and nothing will put you on my never-work-with-again list faster. Hamstringing entire teams because you're doing something only for yourself is toxic.
- mym1990 4y agoI wouldn't say this is the 'best' path, but certainly one that is rewarded a bit too often. Ultimately this leads to some really poor org structures and power imbalances, at which point I hope all the good people have left.
- intelVISA 4y agoYou just described cloud in a nutshell.
- twblalock 4y agoIt's possible to learn to communicate these prevention efforts successfully.