Just a bunch of quotes. Amass enough quotes and you'll have one for every situation. Well, no, you'll have at least two for every situation. Then you'll realize that when it comes down to
If something feels wrong, it probably is
versus
1) Be humble
2) Shut the fuck up
the quotes don't help you figure out the difference. They don't help you figure out whether the people around you are assholes or you're just depressed. They don't help you figure out whether the customer doesn't appreciate your work or you don't appreciate that their emphasis on speed at the expense of quality actually makes business sense for them.
But once you make up your mind, you can pick a quote that makes you feel cocky about whichever way you decided to interpret the situation. So there's that.
DKarl, did I advertise it as anything else?
I identify with them for one reason or another, they made my list.
One of the disclaimers on the about page is that from time to time I remove them, or edit my own, because I don't feel that way any longer. Convenient, hey? :-)
Hope you found it interesting all the same. Just sharing for the sake of it. I enjoyed them.
"Declaration of process" might not be the best title for it, then. I don't know if you're the one who submitted it to HN under that headline, but it advertises pretty much the opposite of what was delivered.
Not that I think there's much that can be usefully said about process, but a headline like "Declaration of process" is pretty ballsy in a time when people are (like me) generally disenchanted with talk about process, so I was prepared to be challenged and surprised, not treated to a list of unobjectionable-without-context quotes.
dkarl, Good response. The headline on hacker news is the headline of the site, transparent as that… but you're totally right about it being unobjectionable—its a _personal_ list.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 20.6 ms ] threadIf something feels wrong, it probably is
versus
1) Be humble
2) Shut the fuck up
the quotes don't help you figure out the difference. They don't help you figure out whether the people around you are assholes or you're just depressed. They don't help you figure out whether the customer doesn't appreciate your work or you don't appreciate that their emphasis on speed at the expense of quality actually makes business sense for them.
But once you make up your mind, you can pick a quote that makes you feel cocky about whichever way you decided to interpret the situation. So there's that.
One of the disclaimers on the about page is that from time to time I remove them, or edit my own, because I don't feel that way any longer. Convenient, hey? :-)
Hope you found it interesting all the same. Just sharing for the sake of it. I enjoyed them.
Not that I think there's much that can be usefully said about process, but a headline like "Declaration of process" is pretty ballsy in a time when people are (like me) generally disenchanted with talk about process, so I was prepared to be challenged and surprised, not treated to a list of unobjectionable-without-context quotes.
Food for (my) thought.
Thanks!