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Along our career we often make compromises. I don't on something hostile to users but I surely stopped having pride on my work, partly to keep collecting a payc
by jnpnj 7mo ago
Along our career we often make compromises. I don't on something hostile to users but I surely stopped having pride on my work, partly to keep collecting a paycheck. Management, team dynamics.. are all influencing the path your product will take. Politics, economics are all factors in this too, few years ago people could jump ship easily, now a lot less so.
I'm coping through HN Hiring threads to find additional gigs that align with the need to contribute for others with less constraints.
- brycewray 7mo agoThis applies to more than just product engineering. Part of one of my former jobs (retired now) involved writing marketing copy and news releases. I never quite got over how one of my bosses, who would also write some of this material, often told visitors or other company execs that, where our textual output was concerned, “We have no pride of authorship here.” Speak for yourself, I always wanted to tell him, but never did because I needed the paycheck. Interestingly, he lasted there only a year while I made it to nearly 17 years. Go figure.
- jnpnj 7mo agothanks a lot for the story. I used to spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to create work groups that didn't force people into hiding their true needs, pride, creativity and efforts... but I really didn't have a minute left to pursue that goal. I know that some groups have healthier culture where people can live and work in a happy mental place .. but it seems they are a rare kind of exception.