I’m all for mantras that give you the right mindset to achieve your goals, but I wonder whether it’s necessary or healthy to compare oneself to others.
Also, to what do you attribute the successes of those dumber people? Pure hard work?
“Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is a ubiquitously used essential supplement in cell culture media. However, there are serious scientific and ethical concerns about the use of FBS regarding its harvest and production.”
From an abstract of a research paper regarding FBS-free media.
Excellent points and completely agreed. Social media has turned the private into the public. The old adage, don’t talk politics and don’t throw stones has been completely abandoned. We used to discuss these divisive topics within the contexts in which it was appropriate to do so. Now, it’s literally everywhere.
I am not sure what the solution is. It’s a societal pandora’s box and it’s open.
I think it can happen anywhere where these sentiments are allowed to rear their heads. It only takes a few people to create this atmosphere, but if the culture of the organization turns a blind eye then this can be disproportionately detrimental to the people targeted by harassment.
Calling the lawsuit "counterproductive" is troubling as well as it almost sounds like they felt the situation was previously productive, i.e. moving in a positive direction.
I’ll repeat what was already said. You shouldn’t hijack the back button. That is hostile to the user and will not generate sales for you. I think the idea is great and is something I can use, but I’ll pass.
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To counteract the obvious sense of loss that came from an official separation from my wife, I took up sketching, first in pencil and then in pen. It’s run its course so I have slowed down quite a bit.
I take your point and agree that OP is writing from a place of privilege. His post is addressed to knowledge workers and people who could theoretically afford this type of existence. I'm sure just as Darwin was leisurely walking around, there were people working 12 hour days to ensure that he could do so.
In a case like this, management can either see the dilemma they are in or pretend it isn’t happening. If they pretend it isn’t happening then life will be very miserable for you. They will expect the same turnaround and throughput that they are used to and you will be on the hook to deliver.
If they accept the situation then they may well decide to de-risk your team. That could come from bringing someone trusted over from another team and putting them in charge or by fully outsourcing the work. In that case, you do not benefit from the upside of being the critical member in the long term.
So. I don’t think that staying the works in the long term and I think you will be facing an uphill climb in the interim as the company gets its bearings. Get the pay increase in the interim if possible.
Both AWS and shared hosting providers run on a “F you. Pay me!” model. The difference is that small hosting resellers knew they couldn’t collect on debts while Amazon knows it can.
I started to notice I was getting less hits on searches related to .NET development for versions prior to .NET Core. I pessimistically assumed it was due to some concerted effort to reduce access to MS-related articles. I don't use Google for much more than that nowadays so I wasn't aware it is a general lack of quality results across the board.
These get more and more frightening as you go along. You shut down someone's business and you just casually mention you will re-enable them almost as if it is a favor?
There are a lot of risks to a rewrite of software. Doubly so when created in a silo. It pays to see it from the perspective of the company.
Additionally, you either worked on your own time to do so or you worked during company time. If you did this on your time, you should take that as a lesson to use your time for yourself, including looking for a new job if the situation isn't rectified. If you worked on this during working hours, then you may have wasted your employer's time and money. Be wary of doing that type of thing.
Truthfully, I was assigned one by the gym as I had little perspective on it, but I was clear about my goals and they assigned someone who had experience in helping clients reach those goals. I would say that you shouldn't feel strange about switching trainers if needed. They are people, like us, and so some are more dedicated to the task than others.
My own goals were weight loss and regaining mobility. I played a lot of basketball in high school, college, and then again in my late 20s. By 38, I couldn't go down stairs without pain nor could I jump nor run. I achieved those goals with the help of the trainer and even played some basketball again, which I had completely written off as a possibility. In terms of weight loss, I lost 50 lbs and gained about 10-15 lbs of muscle.
You are me, almost down to the word, but I am 41 now. At 38, I decided to pay for a trainer for a year and a half. At 40, just before pandemic, I was in the best shape of my life. Unfortunately, I let the stresses of pandemic and end of a marriage derail me, but I am remotivated to get back on track now.
I agree that health and relationships are the most important things in retrospect, but I think you can still get to where you want. There is time yet.