I’m determined to ever only work in public, state-owned companies. I believe in a causal connection between being a private, profit-oriented business and the daily “wtf” moments, the only true measure of quality.
The book The Responsibility Virus helped me a lot with this. Most people are over-responsible for the choices of others, specifically ones they can’t reasonably influence, anyway.
Being emotionally detached from really stupid leadership decisions is harder than it seems
I stopped giving a shit a long time ago. I do my best to consult and warn and if they don’t listen it’s not my problem.
I’m determined to ever only work in public, state-owned companies. I believe in a causal connection between being a private, profit-oriented business and the daily “wtf” moments, the only true measure of quality.
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The book The Responsibility Virus helped me a lot with this. Most people are over-responsible for the choices of others, specifically ones they can’t reasonably influence, anyway.
Took me a lot of years to not think it’s my company that is being run into the ground. I should not - and nowadays could not - care any less.