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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by Swizec on Monday May 22, 2023 @07:46PM (#36038127)
> I wonder if the difference isn't time period as much as career experience.

Yep. I had this leave-me-alone experience in the late 2010's. Again in ~2015. Yet again in 2020.

Actually I get this experience any time I join a new organization and am not The Guy for anything yet. I have no idea what's going on, so why would you bother _me_? You wouldn't. You'd let me get on with work.

But as time passes, I know more and more about how things work, who knows what, where things are, what the code is doing, past and future decisions, ... suddenly I'm your best bet to get quick answers to tough questions. Of course you're gonna bother me!

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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by deprecative on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:46PM (#36038507)
If you're smart then right as that stage of the process begins you leave the job to keep your salary ahead of inflation and start all over again. Rinse repeat. Plenty of leave-me-alone time to do the actual work while the SMEs get ass blasted by meetings constantly.
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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by plugin-baby on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @12:34AM (#36039860)
SMEs?
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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by mb5 on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @12:37AM (#36039874)
Subject Matter Experts
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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by arctic_relegate on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @01:24AM (#36040200)
Small-to-Medium Enterprise

3-letter acronyms are the worst

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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by Yasuraka on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:12AM (#36041401)
Oh you mean TLAs ?
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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by PaulHoule on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:40AM (#36069453)
Just CYA
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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by sublinear on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @03:00AM (#36040856)
> your best bet to get quick answers to tough questions

Just my opinion, but anyone who routinely relies on "quick answers" needs to be kicked in the shin and then fired without severance. They are the swampiest part of the swamp.

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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by geraldhh on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @04:00AM (#36041323)
sure thing :)

just that a vast majority of companies would go out of business

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Re:Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it by Swizec on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @09:56AM (#36044360)
Strong disagree. Modern systems are vast and complex, if you aren’t leveraging the nearest expert, you’re doing it wrong – that’s what they’re for! Knowing things you don’t know and shouting warnings of gotchas and long-term visions.

But if you keep asking the same question, then you should be kicked in the shins. And the expert should be kicked for not writing it down or fixing the system after the same questions comes up for the 3rd time.

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