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I was going to write a response pretty much exactly like yours. Also, the domain we're in is engineering. There are no single correct decisions and everything
by busterarm 3y ago
I was going to write a response pretty much exactly like yours.
Also, the domain we're in is engineering. There are no single correct decisions and everything is about trade-offs. And that's good because otherwise our jobs would be the first to be automated out of existence. All of the discussion in this thread about people "thinking less of" other engineers for their opinions/experiences is fucking gross.
- purplerabbit 3y agoYour bio says “most people are stupid” — how’d you arrive at that conclusion without judging people?
- busterarm 3y agoThere's a chasm of difference between blatantly self-destructive life choices and forgetting that your profession is about making decisions based on multiple options. Also you only half-quoted me. It's "... and/or on drugs". Also people being stupid doesn't mean that I don't consider anything they say. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
- enraged_camel 3y ago>> Also, the domain we're in is engineering. There are no single correct decisions and everything is about trade-offs. Yep. In my experience, hardliners tend to not be great engineers, even if they have decades of experience.
- JohnBooty 3y agohardliners tend to not be great engineers 100% agree. "Strong opinions, weakly held" is okay with me though. I don't call that "hardlining." Although, sometimes it's hard to differentiate "strong opinions, weakly held" from "strong opinions, strongly held, not open to new ideas."