in reply to Re: CVS history woes
in thread CVS history woes

I'm not a manager, I'm not paid to make those resource decisions.

Right, you're a programmer - shouldn't this be a programmer decision? Maybe I'm being a bit extreme there but where is the line that a decision goes from being a technical one to a resource one? Is it what modules we decide to use? Is it using cuddled elses vs non cuddled elses? If the management doesn't set the boundaries there it seems like it's left open for the programmer to decide.

Thank you for your advice - it makes a lot of sense. The only thing that boggles my mind is that they hired me because I'm an expert and I'm good at what I do - yet when I take initiative, the boss freaks out. Most everyone there has been there for 6 years and has fallen into the bit rot hole, and can't get out. I guess maybe it's because while things may be wacky, they work 90% of the time. Then there's the 20% of the time that their code explodes on a rollout to a multi-hundred-million dollar per year system. How much does that cost? Your guess is probably as good as mine.

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Re^3: CVS history woes
by gloryhack (Deacon) on Jul 29, 2006 at 06:09 UTC 
    if ($self -> is_principal() || $self -> is_major_shareholder()) {
  $self -> concerned_with_long_term_costs(1);
} else {
  $self -> concerned_with_long_term_costs(0);
}

if (!$self -> concerned_with_long_term_costs()) {
  $self -> defer_to_boss(1);
}

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Re^3: CVS history woes
by doom (Deacon) on Jul 30, 2006 at 02:38 UTC
    Thank you for your advice - it makes a lot of sense. The only thing that boggles my mind is that they hired me because I'm an expert and I'm good at what I do - yet when I take initiative, the boss freaks out.
    Have you ever lived somewhere where the new roomate decides to streamline the way the kitchen operates, and you can't find anything for six months?

    I just want to suggest that what's going on here may not be entirely a technical issue, but a social one. Your boss may be using CVS history as an excuse, when really it's his own mental flexibility that's a problem: if every new guy that walks in the door rearranges everything -- and every new guy wants to, that's a given -- then he's never going to know where anything is.

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