From 231714befde8b3686626653551a653de30645179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:12:39 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] New chapter: say no --- content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md | 1 + content/books/things-i-learnt/coc/index.md | 2 +- content/books/things-i-learnt/say-no/index.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 content/books/things-i-learnt/say-no/index.md diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md index d517ba2..31079ba 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md @@ -75,3 +75,4 @@ template = "section-contentless.html" * [Keep A List of Stupid Bugs That Took More Than 1 Hour To Solve](stupid-bugs-list) * [When It's Time to Stop, It's Time To Stop](time-to-stop) * [Code of Conduct Protect YOU, Not THEM](coc) + * [Learn To Say No](say-no) diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/coc/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/coc/index.md index ae5c1d7..8701a4b 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/coc/index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/coc/index.md @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ can abuse their position of "veteran" to not respect you. Also, remember that most people that are against CoCs are the ones that want to be able to call names on everyone. -{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/time-to-stop", prev_chapter_title="When It's Time to Stop, It's Time To Stop") }} +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/time-to-stop", prev_chapter_title="When It's Time to Stop, It's Time To Stop", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/say-no", next_chapter_title="Learn To Say No") }} diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/say-no/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/say-no/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4640070 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/say-no/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ ++++ +title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - Learn To Say No" +date = 2019-07-18 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "personal", "say no"] ++++ + +Sometimes, you'll have to say no: No, I can't do it; no, it can't be made in +this time; no, I don't feel capable of doing this; no, I don't feel +comfortable writing this. + + + +Saying no doesn't mean you won't do it. Once I had to say to our CTO: "Ok, +I'll do it, but I want to note that I don't agree with what we are doing." In +the end, the app was barred exactly because the thing we were doing. + +Being explicit about what you don't feel is a good point may not be what some +higher ups are expecting. The fact that you don't approve but will do it +anyway may be something that can either show that your not simply a drone or, +unfortunately, label you as a "troublemaker". Honestly, if you feel it threw +you in the former, you should start looking for a new place to work. If you +said you won't be comfortable and still _did the work_, and they had to label +you something, then this place doesn't respect you as a person. + +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/coc", prev_chapter_title="Code of Conduct Protect YOU, Not THEM") }}