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Worst: a programmer with a huge ego. He was extraordinarily defensive about his work and this made the whole team unproductive.
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How do you not immediately report this guy to HR? His behavior is absolutely verbal abuse.
Please don't play it emotionally and report it to HR. Folks from HR are there to take care of the manager and employer. Such a step could be suicidal.
Company loyality matters more than being good at your job. There is a deadline or finished software, never both. If you were a CEO once, people will hire you as CEO again, even if you were horrible. Some tasks like interviewing and writing exams are distinct skills you can learn and might have nothing to do with the actual work you're required to do in a job.
If you were CEO once good luck finding job as non CEO :)
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You can at least entertain the idea, bad ideas spin themselves apart at the planning stage. "I have a mobile smal bbq kit at home. I could bring that in for a try tomorrow. But were do we bbq. Fire detectors go off inside the building, so should be outside. Will bring it, but i wont grill out there in the rain, im for a rotating job on that. Volunteers?" There - death by self-execution. And you didnt even murder it b…
> Will bring it What if they say yes, and then you spend time bringing the bbq equipment to the workplace (although you didn't want to) and then your manager wonders "what are you doing, this'll set of the fire alarm", and you say "the others wanted to try this"
If said boss gets it immediately, I would like to know if he's hiring. ;P
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You can at least entertain the idea, bad ideas spin themselves apart at the planning stage. "I have a mobile smal bbq kit at home. I could bring that in for a try tomorrow. But were do we bbq. Fire detectors go off inside the building, so should be outside. Will bring it, but i wont grill out there in the rain, im for a rotating job on that. Volunteers?" There - death by self-execution. And you didnt even murder it b…
> Will bring it What if they say yes, and then you spend time bringing the bbq equipment to the workplace (although you didn't want to) and then your manager wonders "what are you doing, this'll set of the fire alarm", and you say "the others wanted to try this"
If your manager has objections that's evidence it was a bad idea.
Maybe it becomes a company tradition instead to have a hill day instead though?
I doubt this will resonate with a lot of people because it makes me sound like a prick, but I used to share a cube with this gentleman who refused to eat his lunch anywhere but his cube. He was an Indian man, and though I like indian food well enough, I don't want my workspace to smell like any kind of food. So, I asked my boss at the time for my own area. He said no. That frustrated me, and I decided that the best t…
I am still trying to figure out what useful purpose our Scrum Master has on the team. Lesson (maybe)? You can shuffle JIRA tickets all day and earn six figures.
I would pay 6 figures to have someone step up and impose some kind of order on the process.
I am still trying to figure out what useful purpose our Scrum Master has on the team. Lesson (maybe)? You can shuffle JIRA tickets all day and earn six figures.
(That's a subthread off of a _rather_ interesting Ask HN)
Best: It was a lesson I got as a fresh grad. I was losing sleep over stress from work. "This is just a job," an older colleague told me. In reality, he really did his job -- he was always on time, his code was impeccable, and he used cool logic to solve any problem. And yet, he was never too emotionally attached to work. He always welcomed criticism of his work. He had the demeanor of a cool-headed hitman finishing h…
Clearly he's got some issues given the reaction. However, was he informed of the bug? Was there an expectation he would fix his own mistakes? I don't work in IT/Software Engineering - I work in law. But when I find fault in other's work, it's a courtesy to let them know and give them an opportunity to address it. It's part of being a team player. I am not trying to be critical of you. It's just reading this reminded…