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Re:How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams by abraae on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @01:18AM (#29091333)
> All you have to do is say no once in a while...

> Just insist...

Some companies work like this, but many don't. Such utterances could be charting a course to the door for you.

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Re:How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams by mixmastamyk on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @03:15AM (#29091908)
Plenty of openings out there. Not worth suffering to get a 2% raise rather than 1%. If they won't let you fix something once a month it's time to get moving.

Learned helplessness, indeed.

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Re:How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams by YawningAngel on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @08:21AM (#29093614)
It isn't learned helplessness if you are actually helpless.
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Re:How learned helplessness happens in engineering teams by mixmastamyk on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @12:32PM (#29096928)
The whole point of the article is that the vast majority of engineering teams have some power. It's not a license to derail the company with technical OCD, but as in all things… "balance, grasshopper."

Yes, there is 1% who can't follow that advice for various reasons of desperation. Not enough to continue arguing this thread.

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