• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Independent Contributor shows up, chainsaws through the tree, then hucks the easily lifted parts onto the shoulder. Then offers some kurt but important advice:

    “Like this next time.”

    Sometimes, it takes an expert to train people in the moment.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      And the next FTE who inherits the job has to spend months picking up all of the logs that were chucked to the side of the road. Maintaining an enterprise level project means thinking months, and sometimes years ahead. Yes, you can quickly chop down a tree and huck it aside. But what does that mean next month when you need to build another road where you hucked all of the logs?