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The real danger here is that once you've developed the habit of berating people who screw up, you'll continue to do it when it's not really called for. I'm no
by Nrsolis 13y ago
The real danger here is that once you've developed the habit of berating people who screw up, you'll continue to do it when it's not really called for.
I'm no shrinking violet. I got a good ass-chewing from time to time in the Navy and each time I deserved it. That said, you'd be surprised to hear that ass-chewing doesn't happen NEARLY as often as you'd expect it to in a hyper-aggressive life-or-death type world like the military.
I can't imagine anyone in the civilian world getting their panties bunched up enough to justify the kinds of shit I see from people who get their nose bent out of shape when someone screws up, but see it I do. Often, I think it's an over-reaction.
It's one thing to yell at someone who makes a mistake that might get people killed. It's another to flip out because it might make someone's browser run slower or crash.
YMMV.
- bmj 13y agoThis reminds me of stories and discussions about athletic coaches who belittle and insult their players. There is the same sort of division between reactions to them...some folks will say someone like Bobby Knight is a great coach and leader of men, while others will call him out as wacko who gets off pushing guys around.
- nknighthb 13y agoThis serves to illustrate the serious disconnect between the Linus the general public sees through these occasional stories, and the Linus people who actually follow kernel development see. Some of the coaches you're talking about display apoplectic aggression as a matter of routine. Linus is never genteel, but his serious rants are unusual. You just don't hear much about him the rest of the time, because most of what he says is completely uninteresting to non-kernel-devs. It seriously skews your perception.
- Lapsa 13y agoMan, you were in navy. You got completely different prism to look through.
- vickytnz 13y agoI know a designer who used to be a psychologist working with disabled children. He has a similar perspective: "it's design, not brain surgery!"
- Confusion 13y agoThe real danger here is that once you've developed the habit of berating people who screw up, you'll continue to do it when it's not really called for. Which has already happened to Linus numerous times.