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Re:Doing too much work on one's own before looping in others by Jabbles on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @04:02PM (#30077964)
Non-trivial problems often require exploration of the solution space. You're not expected to ask management if they've changed their mind, you're meant to present your finding so far, and ask if they have any feedback.

Simply stating that you did as instructed is not a viable excuse for a human, that's not what they're paying you for. Computers can get away with it.

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Re:Doing too much work on one's own before looping in others by jseban on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @04:18PM (#30078180)
> Simply stating that you did as instructed is not a viable excuse for a human, that's not what they're paying you for.

Getting paid for doing what someone tells you to do, is literally the definition of a job. What you're saying actually, is that it's not your job to do your job, it's your job to also do the managers/PO's job.

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Re:Doing too much work on one's own before looping in others by Jensson on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @11:19PM (#30081650)
You also get paid to be the scapegoat for when your manager fails to do his job, like in this story.
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