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If you speak up too much, you wind up with bullshit work. Example: "refactoring" code for a project/dependency that isn't even used, writing tests just to hit t
by icedchai 4y ago
If you speak up too much, you wind up with bullshit work. Example: "refactoring" code for a project/dependency that isn't even used, writing tests just to hit that 99% coverage level, updating wiki articles that nobody reads. This is arguably worse than doing nothing.
- borroka 4y agoThis is what happened and would happen again. It is much better to say that you are busy with some vague project or initiative and actually taking a nap.
- icedchai 4y agoYep. I know guys who'd take off for half the day, every day. Long lunches. Workouts. Walks around the city. Even naps. Eventually they got laid off but it was easy living for a while.