My favorite part of working at a big company, is that eventually you hire enough people who have no idea how to actually make product, but know how to write docs, so eventually success is just measured by how many useless docs you write and processes you invent. If you manage to carve out a corner of the org for yourself that that doesn’t work like this, people wonder why you’re so effective; because they don’t understanding having an instinctual ability to just ship good things.
@kyleve …your favourite part of working at a big company is that it's gotten so inefficient that it makes you look even better? is this a cry for help?
@numist you’re telling me a shrimp fried this rice
@kyleve buddy, they won't even let me fry it
@kyleve @numist shrimp can’t write docs, so shipping the rice is the only way to get paid
@kyleve time for the Richard scarry image
@kyleve It’s true, life has been pretty good since I went indie because I’m suddenly allowed to actually build product again.
@kyleve for me it was about knowing how to cut through who+how to ask for help when I was stuck, and knowing how things worked generally so I knew what we needed to change
@kyleve if you haven't read it yet, you're going to enjoy "Orbiting the giant hairball"
@kyleve sadly this is true. My biggest accomplishments were when I (and my team) was given the keys and left alone.