Re:Software engineering topics I changed my mind on
by greyhair on Monday January 25, 2021 @06:22PM
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In thirty five years, I have encountered three zealots that became worse over time, because their zealotry was seen by upper management as dedication and resolve, so they were rewarded. As we all know in engineering, positive feedback is bad. It was awful. But luckily only three times in thirty five years, so I have that going for me.
It's definitely not true. Very often the root cause of zealotry is simply passion, enthusiasm especially for something new you start to like more and more every day, and at some point you start to have a false conviction - that it could solve all possible problems. Usually, zealots become more reasonable with time.