Re:Same Stop: Life after 26 years as a programmer for Apple
by dogleash on Monday May 22, 2023 @01:15PM
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> to refuse outright to give advise or share the experience (it's hard to tell from your short paragraph) seems... odd?
Any senior IC actually worth the title "senior" should be empowered to say "no" to requests for their time. Of course the overarching assignment that comes down from above is negotiated. But everything else? Optional.
Sure, it can seem different in kind because it's framed in the context of the warm and fuzzies that come from helping someone else grow in their own career. But that's just leveraging interpersonal relationships rather than outright saying "work on this task with/for me" or "run an impromptu training session."
>not certain I feel it's acceptable to eschew an increasing responsibility or mentoring role
The existence of this responsibility is an opinion I don't happen to share. My time in software development hasn't show it to be an apprenticeship or mentorship-focused industry.
>That way lies the "genius programmer that works alone and writes code no one else wunderstands".
You're equating avoiding mentoring to becoming a stereotypical recluse. That seems... dishonest at best. Doubly so in the context of the parent post where the tasks refused didn't preclude spending 100% of their time collaborating within the scope they were trying to focus on.
Any senior IC actually worth the title "senior" should be empowered to say "no" to requests for their time. Of course the overarching assignment that comes down from above is negotiated. But everything else? Optional.
Sure, it can seem different in kind because it's framed in the context of the warm and fuzzies that come from helping someone else grow in their own career. But that's just leveraging interpersonal relationships rather than outright saying "work on this task with/for me" or "run an impromptu training session."
>not certain I feel it's acceptable to eschew an increasing responsibility or mentoring role
The existence of this responsibility is an opinion I don't happen to share. My time in software development hasn't show it to be an apprenticeship or mentorship-focused industry.
>That way lies the "genius programmer that works alone and writes code no one else wunderstands".
You're equating avoiding mentoring to becoming a stereotypical recluse. That seems... dishonest at best. Doubly so in the context of the parent post where the tasks refused didn't preclude spending 100% of their time collaborating within the scope they were trying to focus on.