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At what cost politically? I would expect political battles to be far more intense than any of the technical ones.
by dardeaup 1y ago
At what cost politically? I would expect political battles to be far more intense than any of the technical ones.
- sgarland 1y agoThat’s because 75% (citation: wild-ass estimate) of tech workers are incapable of critical thinking, and blindly parrot whatever they’ve heard / read. The number of times I’ve seen something on HN, thought “that doesn’t sound right,” and then spent a day disproving it locally is too damn high. Of course, by then no one gives a shit, and they’ve all moved on patting each other on the back about how New Shiny is better.
- grg0 1y agoI do wish this field were more scientific and factual. Rather, it more closely resembles cults.
- dardeaup 1y agoI agree. I always cringe when I see a job posting where they're wanting to hire a "passionate" xxx engineer. I always think to myself, "no, you really don't. you want to hire a dispassionate engineer who is objective". It's very difficult to be objective when you're passionate about something (especially a technology). And then what do you do with that passionate person when the organization gets rid of the technology that they're passionate about? ETA - fixed spelling error