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Congratulations. You have admitted being at Level 3 of Pissedoffedness, the last level before the solution. Levels of Pissedoffedness: Level 0: You don't kno
by edw519 17y ago
Congratulations. You have admitted being at Level 3 of Pissedoffedness, the last level before the solution.
Levels of Pissedoffedness:
Level 0: You don't know that anything is wrong. You just think that's just the way it is.
Level 1: You know something is wrong, but you don't know what to do about it, so you just go along with the program.
Level 2: You know what to do about it, but aren't yet able to do it. So you stick it out, learning as much as you can.
Level 3: You know what to do about it and you are capable of doing it. Now you're really pissed off (mainly at yourself) because you're a fish out of water, in a place where you don't belong.
Level 4: You do something about it. You challenge the people at work to fix things. You start fixing them yourself. Or, best yet, you just go out and do it right on your own. Either way, sweet relief.
Get to Level 4. The days of pissedoffedness will soon seem like a distant memory.
(I have been through this cycle many times, but now I'm at Level 4 and have no intention of ever going back.)
- fizx 17y agowhois pissedoffedness.com NO MATCH
- andrewcooke 17y agothat's all jolly, but are you sure it's not cyclic? when you think you're at (4) i suspect you're also at (0) in a new cycle. (also, see cockburn's shu ha ri) [edit: hmmm. you mention the cycle, yet you say you are now at 4. have you achieved complete enlightenment?!]
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- seymores 17y agoIs there Level 5? I keep feeling like I am the only one taking the initiative to get things done or do it right. My boss appreciates it though. There's a point where I feel that fixing things just make them thinks I own the shits now.
- drinian 17y agoLevel 5 is when you either give up and quit, or get fired for rocking the boat and trying to raise standards (while implicitly making other people look bad because you do better work than them). Sometimes, those two events are temporally convergent. And then you find a better job. So it works out.
- Eliezer 17y agoAt Level 2 with respect to the observable universe, heading for Level 4. I don't understand why this list has a Level 3.
- GavinB 17y agoWait until you start creating something that you're sure will work, and it commits recursive suicide. Or maybe you know exactly the necessary steps, but can't get sufficient funding. We all visit Level 3 at some point, it's just a question of how long.
- wlievens 17y agoBeing capable doesn't mean being motivated, perhaps? Life isn't made of absolutes.
- cmars232 17y agoThis is good stuff. If these steps fail though, you're in a dysfunctional software development shop and probably need to leave. I say start looking immediately AND try the above, just so you have more options. Not every development shop sucks. I've worked in good and bad ones, and bad ones I didn't know were bad until I found a good one. And turn off your phone (or just stop answering work calls) at close of business Friday. Sounds like you deserve some slacking off.