Comment by Senderman
7 years ago
I hope this doesn't come across as mean-spirited, but I'm really struck by the middle part of your comment, even though I think it was meant as a throwaway remark.
It sounds like you're advocating leaving an organisation instead of speaking up when a mistake is being made? In the scenario you described, the "a GET is fine" person is unfamiliar with the protocol they're writing for (HTTP), and so is every person who agreed. Leaving instead of speaking up seems pretty drastic.
Totally valid question -- it was indeed a throwaway remark but is pretty bitter in tone now that I think about it.
To delve into what I was thinking a little bit I think it came off so bitter because I've been in too many orgs where group-thinking squashed dissenting possibly-correct opinions, where half the room is wondering "this seems too complex, why are we doing this" but everyone goes with it. Reading through the twitter comments had a bunch of people were trying to gloss over the misuse and it might have triggered me.
The more reasonable response is definitely to articulate and explain why a GET is NOT fine in that case so everyone learns, but once this starts happening a lot I mark it as a red flag in my head -- it's either a culture clash or I'm too close to being the most experienced in the room (in that specific area), and that means there are less people to learn from and staying for too long might lead to stagnating. The "leave the org" bit is hyperbole, but I worry about this kind of thing if I experience it.
In the end though, it was meant to be a humorous post so the remark is overblown.
My interpretation is that GP is advocating leaving an org if you feel that speaking up is discouraged