Comment by namaria

Comment by namaria 2 days ago

15 replies

I don't know if this is the case but be careful about shielding management from the consequences of their bad choices at your expense. It all but guarantees it will get worse.

kortilla 2 days ago

Letting a thing implode that you could prevent is a missed opportunity for advancement and a risk to your career because you will be on a failing team.

The smarter move is to figure out how to fix it for the company while getting visibility for it.

  • bluefirebrand 2 days ago

    > Letting a thing implode that you could prevent is a missed opportunity for advancement

    No matter how many times I bail out my managers it seems that my career has never really benefit from it

    I've only ever received significant bumps to salary or job title by changing jobs

  • stavros a day ago

    I don't know what your experience is, but mine is the opposite. Nobody ever notices people who put out fires, and it's hard to should "hey guys! There's a fire here that John started, I'm putting it out!" without looking like a jerk for outing John.

    • HPsquared 21 hours ago

      Fewer still notice the fire-preventer.

      • stavros 21 hours ago

        Oh, no, neither prevent the fires not put them out. Instead, predict them, and then say "see?" when they break out.

  • namaria 2 days ago

    You are right. I don't think the only alternative to shielding management from the consequences of their bad choices is letting things implode and going down with the ship.

  • spookie a day ago

    yup, an employee is more than just a gear, better keep the motor running than explode along with the other parts.

bluGill 2 days ago

Management should be hiring lawyers for those details anyway...

  • HdS84 21 hours ago

    Wasn't even legal but concerned the scope of the offer. Nuance, but nuance can be important. Like "rework the service and add minor festures" VS "slightly rework and do major features" - this affected the direction of our offer a lot.

  • namaria 2 days ago

    Yes. Reliable domain experts are very important.

    • shermantanktop a day ago

      Should I mention that yesterday I just saw a diagram with a box that said “Legal Review LLM”?

      • namaria a day ago

        Maybe you should point them to the news stories about that sort of thing blowing up spectacularly in court. Or maybe you could just let them learn that by themselves.