• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    401·
    11 months ago

    I like your idea. Why don’t you write up a white paper and we’ll review it at the next staff meeting?

    I think I might have said this verbatim before

    • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
      19·
      11 months ago

      That one feels too cruel. If you said that to some junior dev they’d likely do it… and probably in their free time.

      That said with fellow senior devs if someone suggests something completely off the wall I will occasionally respond with, essentially, prove it first.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
        14·
        11 months ago

        “It’s* better** to do things*** by this approach.”

        Always throw a spanner in there with:

        *: [citation needed]
        **: According to who exactly?
        ***: Please specify exact use cases

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        11 months ago

        With a senior engineer it’s perfectly reasonable to just say “ok, implement it and let me know how it works.”

        Like the whole point is that they should be relatively independent and capable of taking ideas from paper to product.