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I watched this Alan Thrall video a few years ago and it helped me understand the difference between a squat and a deadlift. The deadlift is the same (for most) as the low bar squat and the table bend mentioned in the article. No more back problems.
Communicating complexity difficult.
I recognize the feeling when tasked with bringing a new developer up-to-speed. They don’t know anything about our environment and the brilliant decisions that led us to our utopian way of working. They ask an honest question and I, having forgotten the ingredients, brush off the question because I don’t have time to explain. Welcome to the team noob.
I also recognize the challenge when speaking with practically every CEO, COO, EVP, VP, and Director in a mid-sized organization. And the challenge can grow exponentially when the business involved views technology as an expense. Somewhere in the building there are a number of idiots who think a pointer is a device used for whiteboard presentations. How is this company profitable?
But solace comes when I realize the issue is my own.
Technical expertise is not the only expertise required by a company. It is highly likely that your organization has executives that don’t need to understand the productivity differences between vim and emacs. Imagine how frustrating it would be when attempting to ensure the company has enough funding for the next four quarters and you can’t get a single developer in the world to provide a reasonable estimate that doesn’t have a sixty-percent margin of error. I dare you to argue the benefits of a scrum master.
Your manager is just as anxious about having to talk to you. Give them a break and help them do their job. They’ll appreciate it and may care to understand your concerns moving forward. Who knows, they may be willing to help you do your job better (as if that's possible). Communication will be less frustrating when you stop viewing others as inferior. They feel the hostility.
The most successful amongst us are those that communicate by simplifying complex subjects down to an intelligible analogy. They sell. The world rewards those who sell. Just find another way sell your complexity, patiently, and with a touch of empathy. The rewards will follow.
Wildcard: "An import path is a pattern if it includes one or more "..." wildcards ... For example, net/... expands to net and packages in its subdirectories."
Wish that was the first sentence; would have saved me some time.
Feel like I've had my head in the sand. Dash is great - thanks
Note to self: never acknowledge ownership of a laptop with incriminating material on it (encrypted or not); especially while on the phone or in the general vicinity of a recording device.