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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by annymsMthd on Friday April 19, 2013 @03:49AM (#5575417)
I had a similar situation happen to me, minus the going crazy part. If you constantly have to clean up because of the bad decisions of a manager then you should just leave that company. Don't bust your ass trying to make a difference and change minds that don't want to change. If you are an employee you are expendable.
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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by masklinn on Friday April 19, 2013 @04:46AM (#5575554)
> Don't bust your ass trying to make a difference and change minds that don't want to change.

Exactly. Either leave or just coast by doing the necessary minimum and keep your stress buffers and brainpower for interesting personal stuff

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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by j-kidd on Friday April 19, 2013 @05:22AM (#5575660)
I am not sure if the "just coast" advice would work. The source of stress is still there, still sapping away all the mental power, still occupying your brain during shower.
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Re:I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane by bostonvaulter2 on Friday April 19, 2013 @06:07PM (#5578945)
Ideally it would probably be just coast while looking for a new job in your spare time.
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