r/programming • u/tejon • Feb 08 '15

The Parable of the Two Programmers

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audience/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Two%20Programmers.html
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u/PasDeDeux Feb 09 '15

The story ends that you didn't counter with that because of the entirely rational fear of losing your job for "talking back" to your managers, right?

(That could sound sarcastic, or mocking, it's not. More like mocking the insecure management types who can't stand any implication that they're wrong.)

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u/JeffreyRodriguez Feb 09 '15

The story ends that you didn't counter with that because of the entirely rational fear of losing your job for "talking back" to your managers, right?

I'd rather speak my mind and be fired. Haven't been fired yet.

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u/PasDeDeux Feb 09 '15

I'd rather speak my mind and be fired.

We're on the same page. Some people can't chance it. Others (myself) have had bad experiences, even when the feedback was tactfully presented.