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What kind of person turns into a "0.1x" developer because of another person's grumpiness? Seem to me, those are the ones who should be fired.
by freework 14y ago
What kind of person turns into a "0.1x" developer because of another person's grumpiness? Seem to me, those are the ones who should be fired.
- untog 14y agoSometimes it's out of your control. In a previous job, I worked with a "grumpy" developer who alienated every department we worked with, because he would be rude on the phone, terse in e-mails and generally unpleasant. As a result, the department developed a reputation for being unhelpful, and people communicated with us as little as possible. That definitely had an impact on my performance.
- BryantD 14y agoIf you believe that unsupportive management can affect your productivity, surely unsupportive/hostile peers can do the same thing?
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoAn example: "good" engineer thinks management are a bunch of idiots, leading him to constantly criticize and question decisions. This criticizing is done amongst the team, leading the entire team to question management and, therefore, the direction of the product. Now, instead of doing their best work, they are doing the minimum required to not get fired. I've seen this happen. The engineer sowing the poison was complaining that management wasn't hiring enough engineers, even though the product was "profitable". He never considered that the analysis had been done that the product would not be any more profitable by cranking out more features and would, in all likelihood, be less profitable. As a result, other engineers picked up on the meme and significantly reduced their efforts. After all, who is going to give their best efforts if management is just going to be stupid and waste it? So maybe 0.1x is a bit of an exaggeration, but I can live with that.