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by echelon
3058 days ago
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> you may think that this is a fair world where engineering talent is rewarded, but the truth is that most companies are not run by engineers and decisions are made by people who don't care Perhaps you should find a new place to work. There are engineering firms that value talent and capability. While it's still important to be aware of business needs and deadlines, that doesn't mean you can't have a solid engineering culture coupled to the business vision. |
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Oh, that's a few years now. I definitely did find a new place and the culture in that next place was fantastic :)
It's just that not all teams I worked with encouraged, or even recognised, time-saving automation. Some did, some didn't- it was a mixed bag. Maybe I'm wrong to say that "most" didn't. If I think about it, out of five teams in six years, two clearly didn't care, two definitely cared a lot, one I don't know.
I think the difference in culture had something to do with the way hierarchy worked in different companies. It just happened that in every one of those jobs I was the most junior member of the team (in the last one because despite having some experience, I worked with mainframe engineers with 30+ years on me :). But, some places appreciated the fact that I did my best to keep up and pull my weight, while others- it just didn't make any difference. I was the least experienced so I was expected to trudge through endless tedious until I had tenure (by which time I was expected to delegate all the tedious to contractors or juniors, I bet).
The effect was that in the teams that encouraged putting in the extra bit, everyone did. In the other teams, not so much.