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by diracs_stache 906 days ago
I agree with having shared team documentation but this has always been gray for me. My notebook ( and my softcopy log for the week) are incredibly raw (one-lines through mistakes, my personal commentary/snark, "napkin math",etc.). I am willing to share them with teammates/our lead/ or whoever may benefit but this has backfired on me. We perform analytical verification work and I've seen middling performers on our team look to avoid performing thorough work by copying from the notes of someone else ( I get this is work and not school so typical academic rules don't apply but our work is very investigative/exploratory in it's nature, performing derivations to ensure our approach is correct is encouraged and not considered a waste of time. Also contexts change quickly and a deep understanding is necessary) Thus when someone is trying to take a shortcut it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Also "micro-managers" see pages of notes open and treat it as fair game to pull up to my desk and expect immediate updates instead of requesting reasonably or waiting for the appropriate forum. I get this is a culture/staff issue more so than other things.