diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md index f5e1d81..dca70b0 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md @@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ template = "section-contentless.html" * [Learn To Say No](say-no) * [Take Responsibility For The Use Of Your Code](responsible-code) * [Don't Tell It's Done When It's Not](not-done) + * [People Get Upset About Code And Architecture Quality 'Cause They Care](people-care) * [You'll Learn About Yourself The Hard Way](learn-about-yourself) diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/learn-about-yourself/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/learn-about-yourself/index.md index 30595f7..95da7d9 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/learn-about-yourself/index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/learn-about-yourself/index.md @@ -22,4 +22,14 @@ The worst part of it all? Very few people will tell you what you're doing before it's too late -- you'll get in trouble way before you could actually understand what you were doing. -{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/not-done", prev_chapter_title="Don't Tell It's Done When It's Not") }} +But, again, you'll get in trouble. + +And you _must_ learn about these events. Take the feedback as true, even if +you don't agree with it. I had my falls, and I always took it as something I +need to improve, even if later I said to my psychologist that I thought it was +unfair and biased -- mostly 'cause I'm the quiet guy that always took the +blows and never complained about, and people taking the flak from me were more +vocal and friendlier to the higher-ups. But, again, I took it as true, and did +my best to work on those problems. + +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/people-care", prev_chapter_title="You'll Learn About Yourself The Hard Way") }} diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/not-done/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/not-done/index.md index a086956..ec53d13 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/not-done/index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/not-done/index.md @@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ On the other hand, if you say "Almost, but there is this thing that bothers me and I think it may give us a headache in the future", they will understand. So be clear and transparent about your work. -{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/responsible-code", prev_chapter_title="Take Responsibility For The Use Of Your Code", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/learn-about-yourself", next_chapter_title="You'll Learn About Yourself The Hard Way") }} +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/responsible-code", prev_chapter_title="Take Responsibility For The Use Of Your Code", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/people-care", next_chapter_title="People Get Upset About Code And Architecture Quality 'Cause They Care") }} diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/people-care/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/people-care/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3585200 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/people-care/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ ++++ +title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - People Get Upset About Code And Architecture Quality 'Cause They Care" +date = 2019-07-19 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "personal", "care"] ++++ + +At some point, you'll describe some solution/decision about some piece of +code or some architectural design and people will seem annoyed/pissed about +it. When people care about a product/code, they do that. + + + +Or maybe _you_ will get annoyed/pissed. + +I think one of the nicest compliments I ever got was "You're annoying 'cause +you care" when we left a meeting in which we decided to cut corners and do +things halfway to beat some deadline -- or just 'cause people were not in the +mood to do things in a more complete way. + +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/not-done", prev_chapter_title="People Get Upset About Code And Architecture Quality 'Cause They Care", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/learn-about-yourself", next_chapter_title="You'll Learn About Yourself The Hard Way") }}