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jasonp , 10 days ago

@ElizabethLeeCo where I grew up and went to school is literally famous for terrible English education through high school.

(An example: I was in 12th grade when a substitute teacher mentioned the concept of agreement of number: "every guest should bring their* own hat", e.g.)

I took two semesters of Journalism classes in college so that I could learn basic stuff like how to use an apostrophe properly.

It was time very, very well spent.

jasonp , 10 days ago

@ElizabethLeeCo I don't know, my journalism professor was so didactic that to this day, nearly 30 years later, I cannot hear the word "infamous" in any context without mentally checking if it is being used to mean "famous for the wrong reasons" or "vile, abhorrent or disgusting"

jasonp , 10 days ago

@ElizabethLeeCo ah

yes

yes, that'll leave a mark

jasonp OP , 10 days ago

Myself, it's not uncommon for me to respond to a "heads-up" about a PR just sent to be "did you not see my review?" but I begrudgingly accept that people are different and can have other expectations.

jasonp OP , 10 days ago

@ElizabethLeeCo A PR is a "pull request". Usually regarded as the most important thing to do should one land in your lap.

At the same time, any kind of interruption is regarded as The Worst because (ta da) it distracts from writing the stuff that will go in the next PR.

I've gotten to know some coworker's habits, but not all. Everyone has slightly different expectations about if or when to send a heads up, and guessing wrong is all but guaranteed to irritate the other party.

jasonp OP , 10 days ago

@ElizabethLeeCo Ooof, you've cut me to the quick. I am famously un-chill at work!

I take the fifth on whether I am, at times, intentionally being a pain in the ass.

At least at the current job everyone is working on basically the same product so there is not direct competition with coworkers for funding and resources.

jasonp OP , 10 days ago

@ElizabethLeeCo Yeah, we kind of ate the world. I did not really have an expectation as a kid that dinking around with computers would be a job that anyone else would really care about or be familiar with — I didn't know any programmers, why would anyone else?

Now we're everywhere: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/10/28/blizzcon-sketchbook-at-least-in-theory

jasonp OP , 10 days ago

@psa it drives me bananas that some people will:

• perform an un-asked review on a draft merge request;
• say "oh, you should have pinged me; NOW I'll look at it"
• refuse to set up automation as you say;

All at the same time and somehow not see how obvious they are being that they don't really care about anyone's productivity but their own.

jasonp OP , 10 days ago

@elithebearded That's exactly what I'm doing. Send me a PR and you'll likely have an approval within the hour.

I just wish that anyone would return the favor.

About 1/4 of the reviews I get have three or four redundant reviewers; I roll a die to choose whether to pick it up or remove myself.