do you guys think it's dangerous territory to do something you weren't asked to do at work? like, i know i can improve

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darksideofyay

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Voxera

11585

2y

That would depend all on the spirit on the work.

If they trust the devs it could be very appreciated but if they are controlling they probably will not like it since they will assume you did it instead of something they would have liked you to do.
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TwentyMinuteMan

490

2y

Depends on your workplace but what you described is called “boy-scouting” some workplaces encourage it some boomer workplaces are against it
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shovethisrant

6012

2y

As long as your able to convince management that it’s directly part of the solution then why not?
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soull00t

1976

2y

"mask" it as "refactoring required to implement feature X / fix bug Y" if you need to touch this part of code (or related code) anyway...
some of my colleagues price in refactoring into their estimates by default.
or do you rather have major improvements in mind?
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electrineer

30339

2y

Some things are just better to do and not ask.
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EddieBro

121

2y

I'd say it's Ok when it is minor and involves your current working file.
Otherwise you should consider making a task / issue and let it be approved if you are lucky.
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NoMad

14175

2y

I support doing it. How, I have no idea. I'm not exactly the politically correct type.

Edit: what I'm trying to say is that it seems to me to be the morally correct thing to do. But I'm unaware of how to do it to minimize obstacles.
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whiskey0

897

2y

I remember I was hired as a react developer and the org I was working for needed someone to fill the gaps and help out with writing the backend code (c#). I said yes because I wanted to help the team out. Biggest mistake of my life
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EddieBro

121

2y

@whiskey0 yep, don't go out of your territory. Even if you can help.
In the end you'll end up either with more stuff to do, or make someone not happy.

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