diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md index 241facf..acac128 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md @@ -87,3 +87,4 @@ template = "section-contentless.html" * [Beware of Microaggressions](microaggressions) * [Toxic/Aggressive People Are Not Fixable -- Unless It's You](fixable) * [Realize When It's Time To Quit](quit) + * [I.T. World Is Really Small](small-world) diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/quit/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/quit/index.md index 2b0430e..338cdd2 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/quit/index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/quit/index.md @@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ I've to say it: You're in a toxic environment. Even if the pay is nice and the project is interesting, it's not worth your health. You'd end up being a constantly pissed off, annoyed person on your forties (_cough_). -{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/fixable", prev_chapter_title="Toxic/Aggressive People Are Not Fixable -- Unless It's You") }} +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/fixable", prev_chapter_title="Toxic/Aggressive People Are Not Fixable -- Unless It's You", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/small-world", next_chapter_title="I.T. World Is Really Small") }} diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/small-world/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/small-world/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..33205a6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/small-world/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ ++++ +title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - I.T. World Is Really Small" +date = 2019-07-25 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "personal"] ++++ + +We have two expressions here: "The world turns around"; it means whatever you +do, sometime in the future, you'll face the consequences of it. Another +expression is "The world of _something_ is an egg"; because the world turns +around, if the world is an egg, you'll face the consequences sooner than you +think. + + + +What do I meant with those two expressions? + +Well, first thing, if you do a bad job, if you don't care about your +co-workers, if you're not a team player, if you keep bad mouthing someone... +You'll find someone that heard about the things you do and may damage your +reputation. + +So be nice and a team player. + +Just to be clear: Yes, I did my fair share of not being a team player and bad +mouthing people[^1] and I'm pretty sure there are companies around that would +never hire me 'cause someone inside heard that I bad mouth someone or didn't +do as a team player in some other place. I try to avoid doing it so as much as +I can but, hey, I'm just human. + +[^1]: I still call actions of previous colleagues around even to this day. If + I'm bad mouthing or just telling what happened is up to whoever is listening + to me. + +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/quit", prev_chapter_title="Realize When It's Time To Quit") }}