I don't understand some devs. Sometimes there are senior devs that instead of documenting requirements on paper, they decide to call you and tell you all the complex requirements for half an hour and expect you to just get up and develop what they just said.

Wtf is wrong with some people. Better: Jira, documentation, e-mail, communication.

Incidentally, I learned from another Senior that being a Senior involves being able to manage other people's bullshit and staying calm, which is very, very hard to do.

Hmm... an 'An unexplained phenomenon', indeed. https://commitstrip.com/wp-content/... .

@jestdotty Ha... well-explained, jestdotty. Now it makes sense why I had a very difficult time with their theory of mind as well. Yeah, my head gets overwhelmed and I think it is therefore the reason why I also have a hard time.

lol

"okay that sounds good, can I have that in writing for future reference?"

Teams has a record button in every call, you just need to click it. That button has saved my bacon multiple times.

I hate calls, and not just because I hate people. Just write it, so I can get to it when ready, there's a record of what you wanted, you can easily correct yourself, and writing makes you think twice, which results in better specs.

If you want to just chat or discuss and brainstorm a problem then yes, but for transfer of knowledge It's awful... I also dislike demos

@lorentz Yeah and depending on corporate you need to have the person first click 'Agree to' or have the option on. Then a corporate agree comes after that when forced org-wide.

@whimsical > 'Being senior also includes having sex with men.'.

No, it doesn't. I know for a fact.

@jestdotty Boggles the mind, indeed. Once I write something down in a manual I do expect people to read it. If they come up to me w/ questions already answered therein, I send them back w/ a 'RTFM'.

Personally I think it's a laziness thing. When encountered w/ a problem, many people tend to just go ask about it, instead of taking some time to search for a solution themselves.

...the amount of questions I see on forums that had already been covered by manuals is staggering.

@Hazarth > 'I also dislike demos'.

Very true. Demos are lies more often than ! .

Could be they are lazy, didn't learn documenting stuff in their "senior" journey or purposely doing that to maintain their authority and importance by having you constantly rely on them. they can't fire someone that knows shit about the business that other colleagues don't

@fateOfTheStars Good point indeed and that may be one of the reasons other than them being really old and old-fashioned. Some of these guys know that the company entirely depends on them or it would break and they're doing their best to keep minimum effort and money streaming in. I keep hammering to them that they should do knowledge transfer via documentation and all I get is "no time, no time, this is not useful". To laugh out loud.

@lorentz > "can i have that in writing for future reference"

Me: wait, haven't you been taking notes on all I was saying?

@cafecortado Assumptions. You know what they do. lol