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On a related topic - may I seriously ask how we as a community of technologists can help change the tone directed at our brothers and sisters in code? It's no
by idwhence 13y ago
On a related topic - may I seriously ask how we as a community of technologists can help change the tone directed at our brothers and sisters in code? It's no wonder more people from Microsoft don't bother engaging when the first (so far only) reply is a hostile tirade about random collection of complaints that have nothing to do with the person being replied to.
- com2kid 13y agoI'll be perfectly honest, when I was working on the MS compiler team (for CE), I just sort of got used to it. But yes, thick skin is required for those who self identify! Then again I have always held the view that if my users are unhappy, it is a personal failing on the part of my team and myself. (Although I am low enough on the software engineering totem poll that I can't really do anything outside of ensure components I create are as user friendly and high quality as possible!)
- CoolGuySteve 13y agoWhile you make a valid point about the tone (this specific area has wasted the last 2 weeks of my life), I think you're being disingenuous regarding the " random collection of complaints that have nothing to do with the person being replied to" comment. This person works on PGO and code generation and wanted feedback. Everything I said related to PGO, instrumentation, or parts of the CRT that relate to that (and one about their broken feedback system).