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One thing that really came into focus for me once I got into my 40s and had had a chance to see all different manner of successful and dysfunctional teams from
by dasil003 4y ago
One thing that really came into focus for me once I got into my 40s and had had a chance to see all different manner of successful and dysfunctional teams from many different vantage points is that any binary assessment of an org as good or bad is overly reductive. Most orgs have good sides and bad sides, and a mature perspective is to either do what one can do improve the bad parts, or cut bait and find a new org. I realize this is a privileged perspective, but competent software engineers have options. I truly believe that if you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem—not in a malicious way, but systemic dysfunction is far more common than malintent, so if you truly see no path in contributing towards a better work environment then what are you doing with your life?
- roflyear 4y agoIn my case, there are extenuating circumstances - I have some level of responsibility to the owners, and I have special privileges where I work now.