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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Once or twice (critisizing), you might be seen as someone who is upholding “quality”. But do it too often and you quickly move to being seen as a “negative person”, someone who is constantly a problem maker, not a problem “fixer”. You rarely get credit for the disasters you prevented.

Google has become a Microsoft or IBM, got it.

[–] wicked@programming.dev 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What? That is true in small companies too.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

There are some bad eggs and some good eggs.

[–] GiorgioPerlasca@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They want to keep their jobs, to earn their salaries, to live in peace.

They have fought wars, winning some, losing many, and have learned that opposing the system is not worth the cost.

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

More accurately, what they have learned is that wars have a cost, so they should not be fought lightly.

[–] Tanoh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yes, you have to pick your battles. Save it for when it is really needed.

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

opposing the system is not worth the cost

Il faut cultiver notre jardin.

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This creates a tragedy of the commons situation where nobody speaks up and the ones that do speak up get punished.

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

The author does not say never to speak up, just that one needs to be strategic about it.