Every industry is full of technical hills that people plant their flag on. What is yours?

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[–] 46 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Cleaning, organizing, and documentation are high priorities.

Every job I've worked at has had mountains of "The last guy didn't..." that you walk into and it's always a huge pain in the ass. They didn't throw out useless things, they didn't bother consolidating storage rooms, and they never wrote down any of their processes, procedures, or rationals. I've spent many hours at each job just detangling messes because the other person was to busy or thought it unimportant and didn't bother to spend the time.

Make it a priority, allocate the time, and think long-term.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    Starting a new job soon, and I’m paying for some holes in documentation as I prep my offboarding documentation for my current team. Definitely making it a priority to do better going forward! Being lazy in the moment is nice but the “stitch in time” adage is definitely true

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago

    Make it a priority, allocate the time, and think long-term.

    In many jobs, someone with the power to fire you makes the priorities, allocates your time and does not think long-term.

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