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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • If you cannot ignore slack in the evening, weekends, you gotta be bad at your job. If you are good, employer won’t want to replace you and you can condition them to respect boundaries.

    “I sent you a message, why didn’t you respond?”

    “I didn’t see it.”

    “What were you doing?”

    “Cooking. Food shopping. You know, the essentials to survive”

    Not that I’d elaborate. I much prefer the “I had plans/a prior engagement”.

    If they ask, “I cannot really discuss this, it’s private”





  • Yes, and you do it at the point you need to work on that feature. The business pay for it when they want the change.

    You do not pay for the refactor with your time, if the company won’t pay to fix their code. Just make it clear the risks and how bad it could be if you carry on with duct tape fixes.

    You have to be strong and firm and not agree to hacks. You need to work with your team to ensure you’re on the same page rather than getting undermined by cowboy dev claiming he can do the feature in 2 days when it needs 2 weeks to do the necessary work.