> People's expectations are relative to their environment. [...] Similarly, the vast majority of HN users are extremely high-percentile for global wealth and income
> Having high standards is a _good_ thing. It's the hallmark of society's progress.
seem to suggest you subscribe to the "trickle-down" ideology. I don't. No, having pockets of "extremely high-percentile" people who are entitled to complain about "unfairness of 10% of their work not being appreciated" is not a hallmark of society progress. It's closer to systemic exploitation. It's a pattern we should know very well from history lessons. No bread? Let them eat cake! Sure. Just brace for the impact when the bubble bursts - there's a sharp blade at the end of this road.
> it's nothing to be ashamed of unless your self-esteem is so low that you think you don't deserve to be treated well.
Because having 100% of someone's work accepted as useful when it's not - for whatever reason - is a basic human right that everyone deserves. That's called "being treated well". I didn't know; I thought not getting 100% sunny days in a year is called "just life", but now I know it's a violation of my rights. How could I be so wrong for so long?
I'm being sarcastic, but you have to accept this comment in its entirety and tell me how happy you are that I wrote it for you. I put work into writing it. I deserve being praised for it, no matter how much you like what I wrote. Right? Please, do treat me well.
> Because having 100% of someone's work accepted as useful when it's not - for whatever reason - is a basic human right that everyone deserves.
Again this wasn't what I was saying. My argument is that engineering time (and time in general) is valuable, and we should be careful how we spend it. In other words: if, over the course of a project, you're wasting a lot of time, that's bad if you care about the project (and you probably should). Maybe you disagree, but I don't think this falls under the "entitled millennial SWE" category, but rather the "we can do better" category.
I'll also, for the sake of discussion here, say I've done some pretty shitty work and have benefited tremendously from code review and general discussions with my colleagues. I'm definitely not someone who thinks they're a "extremely high-percentile" person, probably above average, but definitely not like a Brad Fitzgerald or something.
> People's expectations are relative to their environment. [...] Similarly, the vast majority of HN users are extremely high-percentile for global wealth and income
> Having high standards is a _good_ thing. It's the hallmark of society's progress.
seem to suggest you subscribe to the "trickle-down" ideology. I don't. No, having pockets of "extremely high-percentile" people who are entitled to complain about "unfairness of 10% of their work not being appreciated" is not a hallmark of society progress. It's closer to systemic exploitation. It's a pattern we should know very well from history lessons. No bread? Let them eat cake! Sure. Just brace for the impact when the bubble bursts - there's a sharp blade at the end of this road.
> it's nothing to be ashamed of unless your self-esteem is so low that you think you don't deserve to be treated well.
Because having 100% of someone's work accepted as useful when it's not - for whatever reason - is a basic human right that everyone deserves. That's called "being treated well". I didn't know; I thought not getting 100% sunny days in a year is called "just life", but now I know it's a violation of my rights. How could I be so wrong for so long?
I'm being sarcastic, but you have to accept this comment in its entirety and tell me how happy you are that I wrote it for you. I put work into writing it. I deserve being praised for it, no matter how much you like what I wrote. Right? Please, do treat me well.
How's that for a reductio ad absurdum?