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> Unfortunately, that's how the competitive market works. That's how some people think the competitive market works. It's not universal. Which is why I just
by neilv 3y ago
> Unfortunately, that's how the competitive market works.
That's how some people think the competitive market works. It's not universal.
Which is why I just contradicted that, and called to not encourage those beliefs.
Put loosely, half the job of an engineer is to tell the truth.
What I think you're characterizing is a corporate bullshit shoveler who just wants to go through the bullshit motions to get a paycheck.
I really don't want some impressionable junior engineers to see multiple people on HN encouraging lying.
I do not want to wade through that, to separate the merely misled junior engineers, from the hopeless anti-engineers.
> You are more than capable of withdrawing your candidacy.
And I do. But I'd prefer that the situation improve.
- okr 3y agoI am pretty tolerant when it comes to not knowing things or time for learning new skills. With this fast changing industry i can not help it but tolerating. But when i catch someone lying at least twice about something technical, i do my part to make sure the person is not hired or next to leave. There is no trust.
- lazide 3y agoAn engineer who can’t admit they don’t know something when it matters is actively harmful to the work of engineering.
- mrexroad 3y agoThis. I am genuinely excited when I am faced with a problem set where I don’t know something (e.g. need to research, explore, gain a skill, or otherwise educate myself) — seriously, it’s the best. The only thing better is learning (or being told) that I was wrong about something and then re-evaluating my belief/understanding stack in order to find and correct the error. I have such little patience for folks fronting or faking knowledge/expertise - it’s such a fucking waste of time for everyone else.
- bavell 3y ago> An engineer who can’t admit they don’t know something when it matters is... a bad engineer.