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The author of this article seems like an asshole
His posts show up occasionally on HN. I find his cynical/humorous style great for seeing things from a different point of view - It's a breath of fresh air.
Usually any given country will have one big spot for tech and in some countries even there will be a bit crappy. My guess is that Melbourne is not a very good spot.
I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
If you’re hungry, restless and the IT industry culture status quo shock is too great to stomach, migrating to US (managed to work across both continents for a bit of perspective) is pretty much the only option :(
I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
"It is a cold Anzac day in Melbourne, and I am brooding." I'm in Sydney, and Lest We Forget. "It has become exceedingly clear to me that the average company is not a suitable environment for someone that cares about the craft of programming." I'm not in a position to do this topic justice as it's a too big a subject to cover in a post such as this. Nevertheless, l'd extend that statement to include essentially any cr…
> The worst case comes when the stated objectives of the company or organization (what it does to make money) are very different to those of the employee's skills. For instance, the employee is employed in some technical area of a company that has nothing to do with technology such as banking, finance, the arts and various government bureaucracies. > My worst job was working for a government bureaucracy that had noth…
It's when things go wrong as they sometimes do, and mainly when users screw up using the services—no matter how much has been plowed into training—that it comes unstuck.
Management wants assurances that services will be more reliable but they don't have the interest or understanding to be helpful, this lack of understanding manifests as insufficient budgets and etc.
So what does one do? Well aware of C.P. Snows' two cultures problem, I hire consultants who are at arm's length to (a) check my operation is working efficiently (and it passes AOK), and (b) to explain matters to management (it's more detailed than that but you get the gist).
Did that help? Well, essentially no it didn't, if management isn't really interested in resolving matters and or takes precious little interest in what its technical departments and staff do then one is essentially stymied. One either puts up with matters or gets out. I opted for the latter.
I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
Edit: Gender neutral language
The author of this article seems like an asshole
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/compliments/ His posts show up occasionally on HN. I find his cynical/humorous style great for seeing things from a different point of view - It's a breath of fresh air.