Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come back to the office

Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by danaris on Monday May 15, 2023 @03:54PM (#35953606)

Y'know, you were making some good points, but then you went and tarred all "developers" with one black brush.

That's incredibly condescending and reductionist, and it says a lot more about you than it does about "developers", either any individuals or in the aggregate.

Maybe try thinking of people as individuals, rather than lumping all "developers" together as one unreasonable bundle of pointless complainers...?

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Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by ChuckNorris89 on Monday May 15, 2023 @04:09PM (#35953808)

Which black brush did I use to tarnish developers (out of which I am one)? And where did I say "all developers"?

I think you might be a bit overly sensitive and overreactive (the Mary Sue I was talking about).

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Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by danaris on Monday May 15, 2023 @05:38PM (#35954843)

I'm sorry; you don't get to say "developers are like this," and then backtrack and say "I didn't use the word "all", so obviously I'm only talking about the bad ones!" That's just one step above "Hey man, why are you so upset about being called bigoted slurs? I'm only joking!"

I also think you might need to look up what a Mary Sue actually is[0]. Hint: It's not "someone who reacts poorly to criticism," nor even "someone who wants unrealistic things for themselves." (It also has an extremely loaded and sexist history.)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue

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Re:Dell goes back on WFH pledge, forces employees to come ba... by ThrowawayR2 on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @11:31AM (#35963209)

The word you might be looking for is prima donna rather than Mary Sue. I'd certainly agree that there are quite a few of those in the software industry.

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