That's really all I've got.
Yesterday wasn't terrible, but not great.
It just...
Was.
Nightmare Gaggle™ was relatively standard, though boss man wasn't as aggressive as he normally is.
But then he closed the meeting by... it's hard to fully capture how it went down, but...
As he was standing up, he slowed and said, "This is... fine. ...We'll just leave it at that."
And went to his office.
For whatever reasons, those particular words in that particular tone were the final straw that broke my brain.
I went to his office and asked him what he'd meant by "this is fine".
"What the fuck are you talking about?" he asked. "I don't remember saying that."
"You said it five minutes ago at the end of the meeting. I'm just trying to figure out what that meant and what we could be doing better."
"You guys just write things down," he said. "You don't exercise critical thinking, which I expect from my process people."
Which is absolute horse shit.
Because we absolutely do critically think about things; we've just been quick on the uptake that nothing we say is ever correct.
At best, we get a "I disagree, but to your point..."
I fucking hate those words.
And all because of that man.
Told fwend and Suze about what he'd said.
Fwend was unsurprised.
Suze was... I guess... defeated? She asked if he'd given any examples.
And he had given an example: a particularly technical project that's well beyond the scope of process analysis.
I brought up my concerns to him about it and he finally fucking agreed that it's way too technical for our folks to figure out.
"And maybe it's not a process issue," he said. "Maybe it just needs time."
This, I think, is a large part of what's contributing to his anger issues.
So many of the projects we have in this office take a lot of time.
And though I can understand his dismay with it, I can also confidently say:
And regardless, it's not my fault nor anyone else's in my row that things take as long as they do.
We gather requirements and write user stories.
We don't do the heavy lifting.
So maybe...
Just maybe...
If you're angry things are taking so long, start cracking down on your developer and database leads to do their fucking job and actually fucking lead.
A Lead Software Engineer oversees software projects from start to finish, balancing hands-on coding with team leadership, project planning, and technical design. Key responsibilities include defining software architecture, mentoring junior engineers, reviewing code, ensuring quality and adherence to standards, and collaborating with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals. This role requires a strong combination of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and soft skills like leadership and communication.
Yeah, okay.
Wouldn't guess it to see this particular lead and his way of doing things.
But then maybe another reason shit takes so long is because each of the leads has their own way of wasting time.
One of them goes on half hour smoke breaks every hour. So out of an (maybe) eight hour work day, he's actually working four hours.
If that.
Because they both have chronic socialization issues which eats away even more time.
And the other one, by the way, takes walks outside every hour or so, that typically span from fifteen minutes to nearly half an hour.
Fucking... fuck.
Those are the four things that I picked up on as weaknesses at my last command.
And they're sure as fuck present at this place.