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There's a pretty wide range of employees between the dude who is mocking his interviewer because he disagrees with a question, and an under-confident yes man wh
by ctide 15y ago
There's a pretty wide range of employees between the dude who is mocking his interviewer because he disagrees with a question, and an under-confident yes man who just goes along with everything. Arguing for the sake of improving things is different than arguing for the sake of arguing. Argumentative dicks, in my experience, do the latter more often than the former.
- run4yourlives 15y agoBe clear here however that our "argumentative dick" has simply asked the same question of the employer that was asked of him. Sometimes, forcing someone to answer the very question they have posed is a great way of pointing out any flaws. The taking of offense here is the bigger enemy to progress than anything else in this exchange, and that didn't come from the interviewee. I'm all for people being cordial and polite, and many programmers could learn a thing or two about human interaction, but the idea that asking a question in response during an evaluation of capability (on both sides) is an insult is a little bit of a stretch.
- freshfunk 15y agoRight on. You've clearly got your head on straight. Others here seem more interested in giving snarky half-truths.
- horsehead 15y agoI agree. At my work, disagreeing with the upper management gets you fired. Sometimes you just shut up if you want a paycheck. Then you get where you can actually discuss why something is a bad idea (like with my DIRECT supervisor). You don't have to be an argumentative dick to express doubt in something. Nor are you necessarily an underconfident yes man if you dont speak up. Circumstances dictates a lot of behavior.
- lhnz 15y ago> At my work, disagreeing with the upper management gets you fired. Even if they're wrong? Well, in that case, good riddance.