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Stop blogging and start growing a pair. Aside from the monumental error of judgement in developing on an unfamiliar database in 4 days with zero testing, the 'm
by wseymour 15y ago
Stop blogging and start growing a pair. Aside from the monumental error of judgement in developing on an unfamiliar database in 4 days with zero testing, the 'morals of the story' crack me up:
"Do not accept responsibility for anything that you had to do in a very limited time."
Yeah, because the ability to stand by your decision is a function of deadlines.
"Do not accept the job if the timeline is short, the work is big and the load is heavy."
Wow, that's some pretty serious ambition right there.
I also like the way these points are first on the list, before actual lessons like:
"Do not have trust in any of your tools until they prove themselves."
- GFischer 15y agoI think that learning to stand up to people making unreasonable requests is an important lesson. I hope he also learned from his error in judgement. And he actually did have some courage in submitting his mistakes in public for us to discuss :)
- wseymour 15y ago+1. I should change that opening to "stop blogging and continue growing a pair."
- TheSmoke 15y agoi have written all these because i have made these mistakes so someone in a similar situation does not. it's not about courage, it's knowing yourself. when you do stupid things, you have to acknowledge so you don't do them the very next time. since the show has 5 more weeks and we will have more load, more requests, more everything, i would like to hear everyone's opinion on that.
- dextorious 15y ago""" "Do not accept responsibility for anything that you had to do in a very limited time." Yeah, because the ability to stand by your decision is a function of deadlines. """ It most certainly is. One can be forced to come up with something under a tight deadline that he wouldn't under normal circumstances.