Re:You Are Not Paid to Write Code
by clifanatic on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:14PM
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> They don't really care about adding value
They also want you _doing_ something every hour of every day - and learning/studying/researching/prototyping/experimenting/refactoring/migrating doesn't count as _doing_ anything, because there's no "business driver" behind it. So you have to invent things to do because there's going to be a daily standup at 8 AM tomorrow morning where management engages in the daily "who can I fire because _I_ have to _do_ something, and firing somebody is something" ritual.
They also want you _doing_ something every hour of every day - and learning/studying/researching/prototyping/experimenting/refactoring/migrating doesn't count as _doing_ anything, because there's no "business driver" behind it. So you have to invent things to do because there's going to be a daily standup at 8 AM tomorrow morning where management engages in the daily "who can I fire because _I_ have to _do_ something, and firing somebody is something" ritual.