Re:I’ve made a conscious effort to stop apologizing for bugs...
by rurp on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:36PM
(#22969960)
> If I make an off-by-one error, where, other than me, did it come from?
I have seen countless instances, both in and out of software development, where a manager:
1. Explicitly told an employee to rush through a task too quickly, and that some bugs/cleanup/whatever would be OK and handled at a later time.
2. A short time later freaked out because the rushed task was not done perfectly.
Of course only terrible managers behave this way, but there are a lot of terrible managers out there. In these sorts of environments simple errors are often ubiquitous.
I have seen countless instances, both in and out of software development, where a manager:
1. Explicitly told an employee to rush through a task too quickly, and that some bugs/cleanup/whatever would be OK and handled at a later time.
2. A short time later freaked out because the rushed task was not done perfectly.
Of course only terrible managers behave this way, but there are a lot of terrible managers out there. In these sorts of environments simple errors are often ubiquitous.