Sometimes I hate having pride in being good at what I do
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Banging my head against werq. The hardware isn't working. It's not really my responsibility, but one of the hardware guys has all but washed his hands of the situation, and he was the lead. We're right up at the deadline too - which is Friday. The thing is, I had my software done about a month ago. I did my part. So why do I feel like crap about this? :~
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
honey the codewitch wrote:
one of the hardware guys has all but washed his hands of the situation
How about the other hardware guys? Can you show that it is a hardware problem?, If so, what does the project manager say?
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Banging my head against werq. The hardware isn't working. It's not really my responsibility, but one of the hardware guys has all but washed his hands of the situation, and he was the lead. We're right up at the deadline too - which is Friday. The thing is, I had my software done about a month ago. I did my part. So why do I feel like crap about this? :~
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I remember a project where I had to write a bunch of stored procedures that moved money from various accounts in a real estate management system as part of a larger system development project. I was just given a bunch of spreadsheets showing where and how much went on specific conditions. They had budgeted 2 months to get this working. I created a bunch of unit tests based on the spreadsheets and it was done in 2 weeks. When demonstrating the solution to the client, they noticed a condition that was missed in the requirements. I updated the tests, fixed the code, and ran the tests in less than 10 minutes while the client watched. They freaked as they had never seen unit testing on SQL before. They used my stuff to test the correctness or the rest of the project. "Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Banging my head against werq. The hardware isn't working. It's not really my responsibility, but one of the hardware guys has all but washed his hands of the situation, and he was the lead. We're right up at the deadline too - which is Friday. The thing is, I had my software done about a month ago. I did my part. So why do I feel like crap about this? :~
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
Nobody should have "pride" in what they do. Humble thy self and quietly serve others with the skills no matter how mad you have been endowed with. This keeps you out of harms way. ;-)
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Nobody should have "pride" in what they do. Humble thy self and quietly serve others with the skills no matter how mad you have been endowed with. This keeps you out of harms way. ;-)
Ron Anders wrote:
Nobody should have "pride" in what they do.
:confused: Being proud of your work, your accomplishments, and what you do is a good thing. Being overly proud and bragging is not. I believe there is a very distinct separation of concerns there.
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Ron Anders wrote:
Nobody should have "pride" in what they do.
:confused: Being proud of your work, your accomplishments, and what you do is a good thing. Being overly proud and bragging is not. I believe there is a very distinct separation of concerns there.
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True - certain regulars here in the Lounge have become experts in the art of the Humblebrag[^] Just sayin'
Oh, I know, believe me. Totally agree, but still...
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True - certain regulars here in the Lounge have become experts in the art of the Humblebrag[^] Just sayin'
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I have never seen this word. Amazed it is in a dictionary. Sounds like slang or expression like humble pie
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Don't. Never take the blame for another's failure. That is a road to hardship. It's OK to feel sad, like, "I'm sad the project didn't get done. It would be nice to see my awesome work at work!" But anything more than that - 😬
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Banging my head against werq. The hardware isn't working. It's not really my responsibility, but one of the hardware guys has all but washed his hands of the situation, and he was the lead. We're right up at the deadline too - which is Friday. The thing is, I had my software done about a month ago. I did my part. So why do I feel like crap about this? :~
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
One of the reasons that you are good at what you do is that you do all you can to see the product from the user's eyes. That naturally gives you an emotional buy-in. You need a team of like-minded individuals, all with a similar buy-in, all with a creative bent, solving problems on the back burner because they niggle. These are hard to find. You are one.
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Nobody should have "pride" in what they do. Humble thy self and quietly serve others with the skills no matter how mad you have been endowed with. This keeps you out of harms way. ;-)
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In part it's because we're creative people. We make stuff to be used. I get a kick every time someone uses one of my applications; I suppose it validates us to an extent, and proves that we're useful people. But like an artist that paints a picture that's locked away in a vault, when our creations are not seen / used / appreciated it's frustrating. Not in an arrogant, "look at me, I made that" way but just "it's doing what I made it to do" sort of way. When I was a trainee programmer some ( :laugh: ) years ago and my first commercial program (batch, on an IBM370) went live, my boss didn't tell me until weeks later. I was really annoyed, I couldn't understand why she'd not told me. Then I realised that I was writing code because I enjoyed it, the rest of the team did it just to pay the bills.
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Go to ParentIn part it's because we're creative people. We make stuff to be used.
Exactly. There is little at work more demoralizing than my work not going to production, especially since it's all by request - I'm not just making up pet projects to do. Things are changing for the better though and several of my completed projects are in review. For the first time in my life I see the point of good organization of management and employee pools.
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Banging my head against werq. The hardware isn't working. It's not really my responsibility, but one of the hardware guys has all but washed his hands of the situation, and he was the lead. We're right up at the deadline too - which is Friday. The thing is, I had my software done about a month ago. I did my part. So why do I feel like crap about this? :~
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.