Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself

Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by jcheng on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @01:02PM (#16485094)

There's another position that's similar but less gross, which is to have some humility about what you think is important vs. what work your manager/manager's manager think is important. Try to work on what they think is important not (just) because of a cynical desire to game the system and get ahead, but because they have probably more experience and (often a lot more) context than you do.

Of course, this only works if you have managers you feel like you can trust and respect in the first place.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by xkjkls on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @01:14PM (#16485217)

That's definitely true too. There's a lot of developers who spend way more time beautifying code than they actually do driving the business. While sometimes great code leads to great business results, that's not a law of nature. The inverse and converse can certainly be true too.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by tehlike on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @09:31PM (#16489210)

Spot on. Most organizations spend time on how to do thinks than actually doing it. What i found out was to get some data as soon as possible, even if it has large caveats. That is more important than getting it right, becaude you wont.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by MichaelBosworth on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:27PM (#16489674)

But the author's manager gave him very high ratings.

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Re:Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself by strangetimes on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @02:42PM (#16486074)

Great point. Developers are usually very smart folks, and we like to believe that we know everything. There's no substitute for context.

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