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minus-square@NocturnalMorninglink17•8 hours agoYou must not have worked for a dickhead expecting you ship software on Monday that takes months to write when you were given a week to do it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 hours agoNo, it’s usually ship on Friday. At 1600.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•7 hours agoYou may be joking, but as long as you’re actually good at what you do, being a dickhead can be a winning strategy. I’ve never been able to do it myself, but know many who have.
minus-square@SpaceNoodlelink2•6 hours agoI do try to reserve it for when I’m fully confident that I’m correct.
minus-square@NocturnalMorninglink5•7 hours agoIn my experience, people that aren’t easy to work with that aren’t already in charge don’t stick around very long.
minus-square@SpaceNoodlelink-4•7 hours agoI’ve always managed to find fresh people that didn’t have their priorities backwards.
You must not have worked for a dickhead expecting you ship software on Monday that takes months to write when you were given a week to do it.
No, it’s usually ship on Friday. At 1600.
The trick is to be the bigger dickhead.
You may be joking, but as long as you’re actually good at what you do, being a dickhead can be a winning strategy.
I’ve never been able to do it myself, but know many who have.
I do try to reserve it for when I’m fully confident that I’m correct.
In my experience, people that aren’t easy to work with that aren’t already in charge don’t stick around very long.
I’ve always managed to find fresh people that didn’t have their priorities backwards.