Re:Developers, Being Treated Poorly? You Are Not Alone
by awinder on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:36AM
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The "you're biased" line is a dismissive remark in a sense though. Everyone's biased, to certain extents, and keeping bias out of research is really tough sometimes. But:
1. A lot of times, this statement is used as a weak crutch by someone who had a different idea, but can't properly explain their side of the position and work towards why there was a difference in conclusion. Usually it's because the person that said "you're biased" is actually carrying a ton of bias into their viewpoints.
2. Even if someone was biased, do you think telling them that they're biased is going to bring resolution? Of course not. See point #1.
Re:Developers, Being Treated Poorly? You Are Not Alone
by pc86 on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:59AM
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The correct response to being accused of bias is to step back, review your finding, your possible biases, and either adjust your findings or have an argument for why you don't feel they are biased.
Not to pout and say you're being treated poorly.
Re:Developers, Being Treated Poorly? You Are Not Alone
by awinder on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @11:02AM
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I don't know what the guy did in the moment, but you're right about how you should react in that moment.
That said, bitching about bad managers is a time honored tradition as old as management itself, so I don't really see the big deal with blogging about it.
Re:Developers, Being Treated Poorly? You Are Not Alone
by repomies691 on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @08:38AM
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I would prefer if someone said "I think you're biased" instead of being lied to with some bullshit excuses to dismiss my point/research/whatever.
Maybe the person wasn't biased, but obviously the manager thought so.