@schmonz this narrative turn is interesting

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A gif of Dahlia Hawthorne, a character from the Ace Attorney trilogy of games. She's a dinky, princess-like red-haired young woman in a light summer dress with a gauze shawl and a parasol/umbrella, all of it white and pink and very cute and girly. The result is stunning and innocent-looking. Spoiler: she's the overarching villain mastermind for the whole trilogy and probably the most evil and twisted character you'll encounter in a while.

@schmonz The only code I'm ever satisfied with (with very rare exceptions) is my own, and that is exactly why I'm not qualified for "technical leadership" and have always avoided climbing the management ladder. I want no other responsibilities than technical ones and that's where I'm at my best.

Unfortunately, society in general does not value that.

@schmonz I am almost never satisfied with neither "my", nor "others'" code. That's why I insist on the code to be maintained relentlessly (TDD, refactoring and CI above all) and that's what I expect from others. Because currently most of the others act as if the code they write is perfect (the write once mentality and the notion that the code can be "done" which it never is).
Lastly, there should be no such thing as my and your code.

@schmonz I’m really interested in your story since it’s multiple mistakes I’ve made, but it looks like it is all looping back to the landing page?

@narthur Until I reached the end of your toot I thought you were talking about the musical instrument.

@schmonz they said this to someone directly? If so, I would expect them to be a terrible manager who needs to learn that words matter.

@schmonz That comment raises a lot of questions for me.
- Do they prefer people who aren't admired for their abilities?
- What is their relationship with their "network" that they don't trust the recommendations?
- Does they have any observations of their own?

All of these aspects undermine my expectations of them as a leader or manager. I would keep my eyes open.

@schmonz This is incompetence either way, IMO. Either:

1. Their shared network is actually a mutual admiration society, and THEY CULTIVATED THAT NETWORK AND TOOK ITS ADVICE; or

2. The recommendations from the shared network were correct, but the manager either hired the person for a job for which they are unsuited, or the manager is blind to what the employee is actually accomplishing.

Either way, the statement adds nothing of value if their objective is to improve the performance of the employee or the team, and probably makes things worse. It also dodges responsibility for the hiring decision.

Based on learning this about someone, I would update my Bayesian about them towards "bad leader".

@imil Yes, new packages are fine! Also, we are not in a freeze until the 15th.

@imil I have been looking at nitro. Currently, I have a setup where I supervise some daemons with daemon tools, but I am liking it less than I thought I would. Is nitro good?

@schmonz not sure what your squares and hexagons are about, but that view is 😍

@schmonz seems relevant to something I saw pass by here, recently?

@schmonz true. Sometimes only the HR department define the job as XP. Down the line at the tech interview you get asked "in what situations pair programming can't be applied", you say none, then the interviewer looks startled and enumerates his whole workday.