• bestnerd@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That’s petty as fuck. I’m an ex google eng and it’s not up to us what we work on. We get paid to work on shit and if we don’t do it someone else will. Plenty of resumes in the pool ready to hop in and take someone’s spot. Blame the company not the people doing the grunt work.

        It’s like blaming the barista for the menu.

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          1 year ago

          “Just doing my job” is a poor excuse. That’s no different than saying, “I’m just doing it for money”. When you’re a software engineer who could get another job without much trouble. Otherwise, you’re choosing to do what google tells you.

          A menu you don’t like at a barista isn’t even remotely the same.

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            1 year ago

            “The restaurant told me to not care and use rotten food for your meal, not my fault” is basically what I can relate it to

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          1 year ago

          More like blaming the chef in a restaurant chain for the menu. Some corporate entity might be the one crafting the menu, but they’re still the ones cooking.

          That isn’t to say we should hound the devs, but I thought we could use a better example.