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> I understand the kind of person they’re trying to avoid hiring by accident I think I might be that kind, firmly in the ivory tower. I always feel frustrated

> I understand the kind of person they’re trying to avoid hiring by accident I think I might be that kind, firmly in the ivory tower. I always feel frustrated and isolated because people just don't engage and acknowledge my concerns. I post in a busy Slack channel that the new API we're developing wont respond in less than half a second on my own computer, I ask if my setup is wrong or if our API code is just slow as shit. Nobody answers, but it reinforces my role as an ivory tower trouble maker. Two months later everyone is panicking that the new API is slow as shit. Or I find that our test database has a millions of plaintext passwords from real users (yes, some of you reading this were probably included), after arguing that this is effectively a data breach and we're failing our customers I finally prevail, and we wipe out the passwords from the test database at least, but this causes some extra work fixing some automated tests. Again, I did the right thing but in the end I was viewed as a trouble maker. Etc. This reflects my entire career. It just feels like something is wrong with the industry.

ParetoOptimal 4y ago
> I always feel frustrated and isolated because people just don't engage and acknowledge my concerns. I've adapted by expressing only my highest concerns and making myself not care as much, honestly. The amount of this you have to do if you're this type varies from place to place in my experience. > I post in a busy Slack channel that the new API we're developing wont respond in less than half a second on my own computer, I ask if my setup is wrong or if our API code is just slow as shit. Nobody answers, but it reinforces my role as an ivory tower trouble maker. Two months later everyone is panicking that the new API is slow as shit Then if you bring it up you're just dragging everyone through the mud ;)

ParetoOptimal 4y ago

> I always feel frustrated and isolated because people just don't engage and acknowledge my concerns. I've adapted by expressing only my highest concerns and making myself not care as much, honestly. The amount of this you have to do if you're this type varies from place to place in my experience. > I post in a busy Slack channel that the new API we're developing wont respond in less than half a second on my own computer, I ask if my setup is wrong or if our API code is just slow as shit. Nobody answers, but it reinforces my role as an ivory tower trouble maker. Two months later everyone is panicking that the new API is slow as shit Then if you bring it up you're just dragging everyone through the mud ;)