• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 days ago

    I cannot think of a single time a software project requires any of that.

    There is a insanely vast gap between the handful of jobs whose output literally save lives and grinding on a software project to hit a deadline. You’ve literally described the work ethic the post is cautioning against.

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      11 days ago

      I’m saying meeting deadlines promised that can’t be pushed back, like you have to present at a conference or something. Sure, you or your manager should’ve planned better. But at least in my job when we “have” to work nights or weekends we get time off otherwise. We also have oncall rotations that need to have intervention at night if a dependency breaks or something.

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        11 days ago

        Deadlines can always be set with reasonable timeframe, and despite what they tell you they can always be pushed back

        Someone dying on the OR table cannot.

        A child who needs food cannot.

        A burning building cannot wait.