Subj : Re: Kill 'em all; let god sort 'em out
To   : Jack Phlash
From : Atreyu
Date : Thu Oct 21 2021 06:57:23

On 20 Oct 21  08:59:49, Jack Phlash said the following to Atreyu:

JP> One thing I've learned through my career is that there is never any sort o
JP> perfect transition when anyone with a lot of "tribal knowledge" leaves. On
JP> smaller teams, engineers tend to have a lot more agency, so a lot of the wa
JP> things are implemented comes down purely to preference or concessions for 
JP> numerous reasons, and so many of these decisions aren't documented. Even
JP> bigger teams have the same issues if responsibilities aren't strictly track
JP> and managed.

See I never really worked in a "team" environment beyond what I mentioned 
earlier about working with one other tech and an IT manager... essentially 
just the three of us. I think I pondered about this before elsewhere in 
another net I think; the pros and cons of working in a small IT department
versus a large one.

JP> Later, he gutted some other perfectly fine equipment because he seemingly
JP> couldn't figure it out. On one hand, not my problem anymore, but on the
JP> other, it was pretty disheartening to have everything you setup get torn do
JP> because someone couldn't either RTFM or hack it, while your name is probabl
JP> getting dragged through the mud in the process. On the flip side, dude
JP> probably thought I left him a huge mess behind too. Sometimes it's a matter
JP> of perspective.

Ouch...

Something like that kindof happened around the latter part of my full-time 
tenure. Company owner thought it would be a good idea to hire a young guy 
fresh out of college and have him handle the company website, blogs, some 
basic mickey mouse tech stuff in-house. Unfortunately he was a total disaster 
and screwed up everything he touched. He didn't last longer than a few months 
before he left and basically he had the attitude that "we didn't train him
properly". You're right... its a matter of perspective.

Whats the old proverb... something about a car accident and four witnesses at 
the four corners of the intersection all agree that in fact an accident did
happen, but the four have slightly different accounts of how or what happened.

Atreyu

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