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 (DIR) Post #AwrdTc20lTpMhJhmJk by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
       2025-08-04T19:08:03Z
       
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       Today I'm having a discussion with a coworker about deadlines.The life lesson I'm trying desperately to impart is that if they meet that deadline, there will surely be another one after it. And another, and another, and...Knowingly making bad choices that lead to technical debt, all in the name of deadlines, is not acceptable.As a DBA, I'm sure they're tired of hearing me say "no".They need to learn to say "no" themselves. Especially when deadlines are not realistic.#IT#Development
       
 (DIR) Post #AwrdTdSHTIR1750Gu0 by D_J_Nathanson@esq.social
       2025-08-04T19:52:00Z
       
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       @DaveMasonDotMe I learned this lesson as a union electrical worker. We had routes we were supposed to complete in a day. Coworkers took me (the youngun) aside and explained that if I finished a short route too fast or an unreasonably long route in a reasonable amount of time (by rushing) that was bad. A) it’s not physically safe, B) you’ll do a bad job, C) you create unreasonable expectations on your coworkers. This is one reason why unions are good.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwrdTeicm16P23eq12 by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2025-08-05T15:46:35Z
       
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       @D_J_Nathanson @DaveMasonDotMe The power to push back! Literally my just-now post on a completely unrelated thread was about going slower to do good work. Fucking corporations.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwrdThIrAHGz30cnlg by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
       2025-08-04T19:29:16Z
       
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       *DataBase Administrator