> Developers stereotypically glorify the ability and propensity to stay up all night grinding through a difficult problem. It’s part of our folklore. It’s part of how we’re measured.
No thank you to all that. I'm here to do good work and get paid, not be a hero. If you think this way, you are letting this happen to yourself. Your glorification of working late hours is nothing more than an open door to management exploiting you. That doesn't make you cool or tough or badass or a genius ninja rockstar, it makes you a mark.
No thank you to all that. I'm here to do good work and get paid, not be a hero. If you think this way, you are letting this happen to yourself. Your glorification of working late hours is nothing more than an open door to management exploiting you. That doesn't make you cool or tough or badass or a genius ninja rockstar, it makes you a mark.