Heisenberg Developers (2014)
This is one of those wishful thinking rants that serves to highlight the rose-colored glasses many developers see the business world through. All good things eventually come to an end, and you need to be ready for the inevitable.<p>The author described two perfectly good responses for this scenario, and managed to paint them both as the cowards path. Leaving the company, and checking out mentally, letting the people with the responsibility hang themselves with their own rope. The company is bigger than you are, its decisions weigh heavier than yours. Stop with the ego-belief that you know better than it. It&#x27;s cold comfort to be right, so just get behind management and try to make the new direction work.<p>I mean, come on, in the grand scheme of things, developers are wizards who never have to be worried about 90% of the things other people in the world have to worry about. These finer qualities of career enjoyment are nice-to-haves, not necessities. There&#x27;s always good, solid ground to retreat to in case you get routed. Complaints like this remind me of a rich wanker bitching about the valet not putting his seat back the way he left it. Just adjust it yourself and move on with life. Life&#x27;s too short to get mad about stuff like that.