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> nobody will care about it. I disagree. If the company in question is large enough having documentation that you were actively trying to avoid disaster, were
by fr0sty 13y ago
> nobody will care about it.
I disagree. If the company in question is large enough having documentation that you were actively trying to avoid disaster, were competent enough to raise concerns and suggest solutions, etc. can be helpful when people come trying to assign blame after the fact.
If the company as a whole will survive the impending train wreck then having evidence of competence, however meager, is certainly useful in many situations short of criminal prosecution.
- ctdonath 13y agoI'd like to hear from anyone who kept a paper trail which was, in fact, used as so intended. I'd also like a show of hands where it was kept to no avail. I've been on a lot of projects. Where a paper trail seemed warranted, those who came to assign blame had already chosen their targets without consulting with them first.
- shrikant 13y agoHaving conversations documented in emails really saved my keister on multiple occasions. Admittedly on one of those occasions, the effect wasn't immediate -- the manager in question basically rage-quit the conversation. But she put a lot more thought into getting confrontational in future disputes. (Although I have to clarify that this was a fairly dysfunctional environment (and had been for a while), due to which I figured getting things in writing was the safest choice. In future more cohesive settings, I didn't bother with this as much, as the teams tended to have more integrity.)