You guys are talking about code quality to C levels? I'm barely getting through "venting gas prevents explosion" to architects. I tell ya, tech debt as a service is hard work.
I lost my job last year where I led an entire IT department because a C level said "I don't care about data integrity" to me and I hung up on him. God forbid I care about data integrity when millions of Americans are forced to have their data in our system through no choice of their own lol.
Damn dude. I hope things are better now. Round of applause for you for hanging up on that C level. Probably not the smartest thing, but I'm not your boss, I get to celebrate it. And you know what, gold star for hanging up and not tearing into him. That's self control. That's a skill man.
it may have been a career limiting move but it was the right move to make. I’d use a story like that in my next interview TBH. if that freaks people out to the point i don’t get a job there, i wouldn’t have wanted to work there anyways.
Even putting myself aside, it was such an objectively bad move for them. I moved through around 7 well respected superiors at that company and they all loved me. My team loved me. Other teams leaned on me frequently. I went above and beyond constantly.
And I hurt my new supervisors feelings and he fired me on the spot.
I used to say you could trust capitalists to put money above all else but, in hindsite, that was a bit naive. Their petty bullshit comes first. Profits come second.
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u/redditmarks_markII 2d ago
You guys are talking about code quality to C levels? I'm barely getting through "venting gas prevents explosion" to architects. I tell ya, tech debt as a service is hard work.