Okay, but seriously. Excel spreadsheets, dude. I mean, come on.
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I'm not going to defend being a lazy shit bag, but developers are soldiers, and we are not paid to think. We are not paid to think. We are not paid to think.
We are paid to follow orders. We are paid to not act out of turn. We are paid to shut up, mind our own business, and not form opinions, while delivering predictable results, in a reliable fashion, without garrish creativity.
The inirtia of an organization involving the efforts of tens or hundreds of people, will, in many cases stultify the best intentions of any well-meaning, self-sacrificing individual.
In some cases it is absolute death to jump the line, and cut to the chase, simply because of observed inefficiency. Sometimes, you just have to see a thing, know it's a problem, and wait for the responsible person to act on it, no matter how ferociously it burns.
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That's because modern civilization as we know it, is just absolutely beyond fucking absurd. And lately especially so. I get that listening to people bitch and moan is a chore, but this isn't about "what the company does" and is instead about having the taste to not be snarky within an inappropriate context. It in the same family of behavioral qualities as not being a douche nozzle, and using harsh language in front of small children.
See also: We are not paid to think. We are paid to shut up and mind our own business.
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This feels like incomplete information. Did you give them more [double] money for the same work, and then they instead asked you if they could keep their original [single] money, but work half as much? I sense a ratio that isn't entirely irrational in this situation.
Seems reasonable...
Okay, but seriously. Excel spreadsheets, dude. I mean, come on.
I'm not going to defend being a lazy shit bag, but developers are soldiers, and we are not paid to think. We are not paid to think. We are not paid to think.
We are paid to follow orders. We are paid to not act out of turn. We are paid to shut up, mind our own business, and not form opinions, while delivering predictable results, in a reliable fashion, without garrish creativity.
The inirtia of an organization involving the efforts of tens or hundreds of people, will, in many cases stultify the best intentions of any well-meaning, self-sacrificing individual.
In some cases it is absolute death to jump the line, and cut to the chase, simply because of observed inefficiency. Sometimes, you just have to see a thing, know it's a problem, and wait for the responsible person to act on it, no matter how ferociously it burns.
That's because modern civilization as we know it, is just absolutely beyond fucking absurd. And lately especially so. I get that listening to people bitch and moan is a chore, but this isn't about "what the company does" and is instead about having the taste to not be snarky within an inappropriate context. It in the same family of behavioral qualities as not being a douche nozzle, and using harsh language in front of small children.
See also: We are not paid to think. We are paid to shut up and mind our own business.
This feels like incomplete information. Did you give them more [double] money for the same work, and then they instead asked you if they could keep their original [single] money, but work half as much? I sense a ratio that isn't entirely irrational in this situation.