I drop by The TechLead and often enjoy his dry wit, sarcasm, honesty, and arrogance. This video really hits a few points that a lot of up and coming developers/entrepreneurs need to hear (as non millionaires, followers of TechLead will get this reference).
He has been there and done it and has sold the shirts to prove it. The way he passes on his knowledge can be a little difficult to swallow but essentially he smashes the nail on the head. Great advice for all developers, up and coming, new to coding, established, or otherwise.
Haha. So true. People can be soā¦ strange. Heās absolutely right ā particularly about the lack of empathy not to mention all the assumptions they make. Even with small things like asking for āadviceā. Advice on what, exactly?
For instance, If someone canāt even be bothered spending a little time and empathy in making their request clear, easy to understand, and easy for the recipient to respond to, then that says all you need to know about their āmillion dollar projectāsā.
He has a real point @cy2 . Iāve been guilty of exactly the same thing in the past when marketing various Projects over the years so can really appreciate TechLeads honesty in the response. Took a couple of years in marketing to get to grips with such communications etc. I then found my self on the other side when I started to receive the same kind of correspondenceā¦ Funny how life works like that.
You can actually see that lack of empathy here in the forum. Specially with bug reports.
There are only a handful of people here that actually know how to report a bug. I feel sorry for Teo at times as he normally does the first pass on the report.
A lot of people believe the developers should keep improving every day their ability to fix bugs while dismissing their own duty of improving their communication and knowledge on how to report bugs.
Imagine the PMs the team gets 4 seconds after a bug report. I shudder to think. Iām sure Iāve been guilty of instigating one or two āwhat a dickheadā outburst in the Wappler office hahahaā¦
This is where @George@Teodor@patrick excel beyond their duty and set the bar in my opinion (their calmness in answering and resolving issues, repeatedly). We are blessed to have direct contact with the core team on a daily basis. It is definitely part of what makes Wappler truly epic. Not to be taken for granted. Always with respect.
I am guilty at times of giving a shitty bug report and not even following the template. Mostly because before I submit the bug report I have probably gone through quite an extensive testing or even I have tried to look for a solution and a workaround.
I feel honored when Teo just assigns my bug report to the one that handles that area without giving me a lecture
I want to believe itās because my ratio of not-a-bug to bug count is low.
The problem is that I am probably encouraging a bad habit on others if they read my report and think it is fine to deliver such kind of bug reports.
