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I am a really opinionated/principled developer who cares deeply about my work. I quit my last job because I could tell my boss had perverse incentives that he

I am a really opinionated/principled developer who cares deeply about my work. I quit my last job because I could tell my boss had perverse incentives that he wouldn't admit to. I knew the codebase needed a refactor desperately and he insisted I work on something else (because he was leaving and didn't want to rock the boat). I can't work under those conditions. Turns out I was right... After I left, he announced he was leaving... right after his RSU's vested.

splintercell 12y ago
I am a developer like you, but I feel that it is my moral responsibility to let an employer feel the pain of bad code. When customers start to leave because they hate the way things work, that's when the business bow downs to a refactor.
- Moru 12y ago
  But if you are the developer it's your fault, not the boss fault. This is why many leave before it bites them.
- lectrick 12y ago
  Dude you know YOU will take the heat in that case. NOT your boss. This is why I had to quit. If I can't stand behind my damn work and you not get out of my damn way, I'm leaving. And if you've never clashed with your boss over ideological or philosophical issues (either productively or destructively), then I dare say you may not care very much about your work. (Or maybe, not far enough along in a career to have enough to say about it yet. I've been doing this for 18 years. I think that if you get to the point I got, where you care more about your work than your next paycheck... that that is a good thing.) There were actually MANY times when I clashed productively with this guy. I respected him and he respected me. In fact I know that in the final battle we were both simply acting rationally. The directions were just completely at odds. And that is why I harbor no grudge or ill will towards that guy. Hell I'd probably have a beer with him still. I bet you that guy still respects me. It was just time to go.

splintercell 12y ago

I am a developer like you, but I feel that it is my moral responsibility to let an employer feel the pain of bad code. When customers start to leave because they hate the way things work, that's when the business bow downs to a refactor.

Moru 12y ago
But if you are the developer it's your fault, not the boss fault. This is why many leave before it bites them.
lectrick 12y ago
Dude you know YOU will take the heat in that case. NOT your boss. This is why I had to quit. If I can't stand behind my damn work and you not get out of my damn way, I'm leaving. And if you've never clashed with your boss over ideological or philosophical issues (either productively or destructively), then I dare say you may not care very much about your work. (Or maybe, not far enough along in a career to have enough to say about it yet. I've been doing this for 18 years. I think that if you get to the point I got, where you care more about your work than your next paycheck... that that is a good thing.) There were actually MANY times when I clashed productively with this guy. I respected him and he respected me. In fact I know that in the final battle we were both simply acting rationally. The directions were just completely at odds. And that is why I harbor no grudge or ill will towards that guy. Hell I'd probably have a beer with him still. I bet you that guy still respects me. It was just time to go.