Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
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Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
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Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#2I recently read on HN about how Stack Overflow is being taken over by the editors and that questions are being closed all too often. Is this an example of that?
"this might cause debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion." is a bad set of reasons to close a question. Surely that's the desired result? If people start behaving like children, close the question, but until then, let the discussion grow...
I think the question is relevant for programmers though. I'd be leery of joining a company with such high turnover.
Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#3i think the title of this question ought to be - Dealing with a workplace where engineers frequently leave for other opportunities.
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Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#5An interesting question on a relevant topic? Let's close it. Thanks, SO mods.
Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#6I recently read on HN about how Stack Overflow is being taken over by the editors and that questions are being closed all too often. Is this an example of that? "this might cause debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion." is a bad set of reasons to close a question. Surely that's the desired result? If people start behaving like children, close the question, but until then, let the discussion grow... I thin…
It's really the most bizarre thing. They built a site with affordances for discussion (although the mods might call them attractive nuisances). It looks every bit like a discussion site.
The users clearly want to have discussions, and not just factual Q&A.
And yet when you use these affordances to engage with like minded people, you get shut down. It's become a game with myself when I go to an SO page to guess whether it's been shut down, and the result is often a derisive mental "yup."
And for the record, I prefer a rich discussion to an inferior imitation of wikipedia.
Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#7I recently read on HN about how Stack Overflow is being taken over by the editors and that questions are being closed all too often. Is this an example of that? "this might cause debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion." is a bad set of reasons to close a question. Surely that's the desired result? If people start behaving like children, close the question, but until then, let the discussion grow... I thin…
It's really the most bizarre thing. They built a site with affordances for discussion (although the mods might call them attractive nuisances). It looks every bit like a discussion site. The users clearly want to have discussions, and not just factual Q&A. And yet when you use these affordances to engage with like minded people, you get shut down. It's become a game with myself when I go to an SO page to guess whethe…
The most confusing thing for me, is that this _isn't_ Stack Overflow - it's Programmers. While SO is meant to have objectively correct answers, and that's why they are so quick to close threads, Programmers is meant to be more open and allow more general questions.
Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#8Back to the topic - (not SO) - I'd agree with some of the other commenters on SO that high-turnover isn't the engineers' fault; it's obviously a management issue.
Most engineers that I've worked with would trade a good work environment & office culture for more pay / "room to advance" any day.
Re: Dealing with engineers that frequently leave their jobs
#9I've had more than one question closed for being too close to a discussion on Programmers. It's very tiresome.
What's a good alternative for asking meaningful questions and having a quality discussion with people who have words of wisdom to spare? Quora? Reddit? HN?
