Programmer Tim Clemans Resigns from Seattle Police Department After Six Months

Re:Programmer Tim Clemans Resigns from Seattle Police Depart... by martin1975 on Friday October 30, 2015 @03:13PM (#10479880)

Because employers love hiring people for the purposes of berating them until they blow up, then firing them when they realize they screwed up and try to play ball.

That is a very perverse theory that can be disproved by another techie who has lasted there longer than 6 months.

It appears the programmer failed to realize how srructured and protocol driven the SPD is, #1, and #2, his tact was atrocious, which is probably what got him fired.

It's happened to me and to the best of us, failure to gauge the pulse of the environment... He seems very talented, however just a really poor fit for SPD. He will be much happier elsewhere.

edit for Azkar: then that's what I call a poor fit, without blaming myself or the employer.

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Re:Programmer Tim Clemans Resigns from Seattle Police Depart... by Azkar on Friday October 30, 2015 @03:21PM (#10479937)

This really isn't a problem that's unique to the SPD. I've worked for several corporations that are resistant to change for whatever reason and it is extremely frustrating. The engineers end up being told to do X, instead of being asked to solve problems.

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Re:Programmer Tim Clemans Resigns from Seattle Police Depart... by timclemans206 on Friday October 30, 2015 @07:05PM (#10481077)

I was not fired and they asked me to say. But I was too unhappy and going crazy.

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Re:Programmer Tim Clemans Resigns from Seattle Police Depart... by martin1975 on Friday October 30, 2015 @08:35PM (#10481348)

I believe you. I've had it both ways - where I resigned...and when I was fired.

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