@AFallingAnvil - eviltoast
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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • Hey man, fellow IT here. I think it’s very fair that you’re frustrated, that would tick me off to deal with. Unfortunately it sounds like this manager doesn’t like to hear anything but “yes”, “right away” and “everything worked perfectly”. This is what I’d call a shitty project manager.

    While there isn’t a perfect solution, I find that abstracting delivery of the problems has helped with this kind of person in the past. That is to say that if they’re going to get mad no matter how you convey it, don’t convey it in person or directly if you can. Post in team channels, leave a memo, anything but target the PM in one on one. The social pressure to act like they understand sometimes stops the early onset dementia from being your problem to deal with. If you can’t solve the problem after a good faith effort, embrace avoidance.

    I hope this helps, even a little. Merry Christmas 🎄












  • Hey, I’m not always taking the best care of myself either but I just know not all ways to go are equal and alcoholism is really unpleasant for the drinker in later stages, which is also when it’s too late to change your mind and you just get long drawn out suffering compared to other morbidities.

    That said, i do hope you can find some reasons to stick around a while even if it’s just something as simple as making shitposts that make the rest of us chuckle and help brighten our days :)