• derfl007@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    Behind every ❗️❗️❗️🚨🚨🚨URGENT🚨🚨🚨❗️❗️❗️ there is a person who’s about to miss a deadline and, instead of working on themselves to prevent that from happening in the future, makes it the developer’s deadline to miss

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      1 year ago

      Also that urgency is rooted in job insecurity, not even customer impact. They just don’t want to look bad.

      E: which I mean fair enough, me too, but still.

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          Yeah but we’re all learning, so a certain amount of grace is called for.

          Anyway, not to counter my own point. There’s a line, is what I’m saying, and it’s blurry.