Comment by cjohnson318
2 years ago
I think that over time people realize who has a fire drill every month, and who quietly just gets things done.
2 years ago
I think that over time people realize who has a fire drill every month, and who quietly just gets things done.
I wouldn't be so sure. As an employee and team member, you'll be better perceived if you do your share of performative firefighting every one in a while. I wish it wasn't true, but it usually is. (Though at remote teams, it's less and less true, with the remote teams I was on, nobody really cared).
"wow, last week we had such nasty bug, impossible to track down, also caused production reliability issues. Tom stayed up all night, and finally pushed the fix at 3 in the morning."
Now, if you then say that it wouldn't have happened if 1. Tom didn't overcomplicate the system, 2. Tom learned our tools properly, 3. Tom actually understood the requirements and at least tested his changes at least once manually, 4. Wrote good code so that it's easy to troubleshoot 5. Wouldn't have forced a rushed PR review together with the product owner.
You'll just sound like a bitter, know it all.