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Re:Giving a Shit as a Service by drzaiusx11 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:51AM (#38059133)
Personally, a large part of my job is telling folks _why_ they should give a shit; providing data on how not giving a shit will affect them or their company's bottom line. If they don't listen and it hits the fan anyways, they may have learned something and give a little more of a shit going forward. If they don't, I move on. Those that don't learn from their mistakes will continually supply the fan with further shit to spray.

In general, people largely filter out the "caring" of what won't directly affect them personally or their tribe in the short term, blind to the longer term repercussions until they are pointed out with concrete details AND actionable options. Someone doing the "right things" for the current situation, either has foresight or prior knowledge. Those that aren't, either have neither, can't learn, or the options' positive net ffects do not outweigh the momentum of "doing nothing."

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Re:Giving a Shit as a Service by ProllyInfamous on Sunday October 29, 2023 @11:46AM (#38059659)
>a large part of my job is telling folks _why_ they should give a shit

Some sort of "change management consulting" or something?

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I'm looking for some sort of intellectual career which will allow me to capitalize on my inherent "glass half empty" perspectives. I used to do residential home inspections [as primary income, post IBEW], but during recent no-inspections home-buying... my services were required less-and-less.

I have enough runway to last about a decade unemcumbered... but got tired of feeling like the only guy on jobsites that cared about not delivering _turds_ to well-paying customers.

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Re:Giving a Shit as a Service by CityOfThrowaway on Sunday October 29, 2023 @12:02PM (#38059812)
Not OP, but if you love working on things that are important, hard, and an up-hill battle... try working in InfoSec!
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Re:Giving a Shit as a Service by drzaiusx11 on Sunday October 29, 2023 @08:33PM (#38064327)
Part of my role is "security certifier", which means working closely pen testers and Op/DevSec folks to review various systems and applications across subdivisions in a larger org.
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