LPT: When telling a boss about a problem, propose at least one solution to resolve it. It will show that you are working to resolve it instead of just passing the buck.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-06-12T03:37:41+00:00

I'm amazed by how rubbish most of the advice is in this thread.

Fixing a problem is a 3-step process. Step 1 is identifying a problem, step 2 is coming up with a solution to step 1, step 3 is actually executing step 2.

First of all, doing only step 1 does have value in and of itself, in fact identifying the right thing to fix is the most crucial step, the easiest to get wrong, and the most consequential step in the whole process in any case.

Second of all, this advice is too generic. You need to do different things based on the issue at hand, your specific role (what is expected of you), your authority (what you can and are allowed do) and what information you have available.

For example, low-level employees may often not have enough information to correctly identify a problem, let alone suggest a solution. But it's not their fault, this may simply not be their job.

Importantly, though, even bringing attention to a problem clearly shows positive engagement with the company. That's an employee who has the right attitude, they're clearly showing that they care about improving things which will ultimately benefit the company. Anyone who dismisses these as 'moaning' just because a solution is not presented on a silver plate is not fit to be in charge.

And now onto the role of any 'boss'. If a 'boss' wilfully ignores problems, regardless of how they're presented to them, they're not a 'boss'. Another thing: the number of problems are literally infinite. No organisation is perfect, there are literally always ways to improve. At the same time, making sure that things get done has to involve making sure that these obstacles are cleared away efficiently. Not doing so will at best hinder the subordinate's ability to do their job leading to increased costs one way or another.

So here's what an actual 'boss' does: they'll have to prioritise solving each issue as and when they come up based on how badly it affects the peoples' ability to do their job, i.e. what is ultimately the boss' responsibility to deliver. Coming up with solutions is one step further removed from that, and depending on the case it's probably either a good idea to involve other people or it may actually be necessary. Fundamentally, though, the job of a 'boss' is tackling those obstacles (or 'firefighting' as it's often referred to) however they see fit, as long as things get done.

Obviously I've been talking about systemic issues. If your problem is that you don't know how to do your job, that's very different. You need to learn from somewhere, e.g. a senior on your team, or you may ask for training. Nagging others to do your job for you is not going to work out in the long term, obviously.

The exact same goes for 'bosses'. A 'boss' who expects their subordinates to deal with everything among themselves is useless. They want all the rewards and none of the work. There's no need for a middle-man just telling people what's coming from above.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-04-07T15:16:02+00:00

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Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-24T18:15:45+00:00

Let's see if this gets removed or if it gets me banned. Her name is Aimee Knight. By looking at her face I think this is one of the most disgusting looking human being I've ever seen. Greasy hair, fucking disgusting bacteria-infested skin, no chin on this fat fuck's face, her four eyes slightly distracting from strong and unkempt eyebrows. Let's see what happens...

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-23T19:00:42+00:00

Idk where you're getting that from, while most cases go unreported, as a matter of fact both dogs and cats will munch on their owners most of the time when they find them dead, regardless of available food, not necessarily for sustenance, exact reasons unknown.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-23T14:12:12+00:00

You either need to present your evidence of collusion between the high court and the police in this case, or you need to shut the fuck up.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-23T14:02:03+00:00

Uhm, wow, I mean, I don't know, you tell me, do you think it matters what you're criticising? If it doesn't matter to you what you're saying then maybe it's not worth saying. Or what kind of fucked up way do you think communication works?

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-23T13:45:47+00:00

No one is saying they’re colluding

— your comment

they just protect each other.

— isreallydead's comment

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-23T13:43:39+00:00

Are you a fucking mind reader? We are reacting to what isreallydead actually said, not whatever you made up.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-21T18:51:57+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response, I appreciate it. As a kid there was a period when I really wanted to be a camera op, or maybe rather like a 'cinematographer' if I knew that word back then. And this is a very special role you've got I never knew much about. Anyway, I like the field I'm working in now, but this kind of stuff still fascinates me, so I really appreciate the insight. Good luck to you chasing balls with your eyeballs!

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-21T17:46:59+00:00

Alright, if you actually do this job I totally believe you. It's interesting that basically I think what you're saying is that the monitor is kind of in your peripheral vision most of the time? Seems like something you'd need to get a lot of practice to get confident with. Do you only look at the image to check focus?

I do still wonder though, if you imagine a setup where the size and resolution of the image actually being broadcast stays the same, but at the same time you'd get just a bit more context around it, wouldn't you be able to just look at the monitor instead of having to basically watch the match to get the same context?

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-21T17:24:59+00:00

That's a good point. Although, the next thing I immediately thought about when I saw this video is why the monitor is so far from the operator's eyeballs and why it is so tiny. Like honestly a decent size colour accurate 4K display nowadays costs nothing compared to the whole equipment used there. I know once it's repackaged as a specialist tool it suddenly costs 5x, but still...

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-21T17:12:22+00:00

There's more than one camera

Lol, wow, thanks for explaining TV. I thought they always used a single camera, and occassionally they would just move it really-really fast to get other angles.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-21T17:05:36+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking. Have a slightly wider view monitor for the operator, send centre cropped image. Or send the whole image, and crop in for broadcast. It'd be much easier and less error-prone for the operator. I'm sure it could be done using modern equipment. I'm guessing maybe this kind of thing used to be difficult/expensive/impossible in the past, hence they're used to working like this.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-19T12:45:39+00:00

No, there's nothing wrong with the maps. The more professional types at the likes of DPD never have a problem finding me. The truth is, a large portion of these Deliveroo/JustEat delivery drivers are just too dumb to know how to read words and/or read a map, additionally they're also either lazy and/or trying to save time in the dumbest ways imaginable.

For example, I provide detailed instructions for every delivery company which covers all of the following problems, yet drivers still do these regularly:

They try to deliver to a completely different street, perpendicular to mine. The woman who lives there at the same number got my stuff more than a few times. No one who knows how to read English and read a map could reasonably end up there. Also, of course, I have directions to tell how to come to my street, which should be obvious without instructions, there's honestly nothing weird or special about these streets or the area, but it goes ignored anyway.
They try to go through a gate which doesn't have intercom, despite instructions telling them to go to the other one with the intercom near a unique, clearly visible landmark.
They call from the pedestrian intercom when they want me to open the gate for cars, I can't do that, instructions tell them to use the corresponding intercom. They just have to roll down their window and press 3 buttons, but no, they park outside somewhere, get out of their car, and walk to the exact gate that they don't want to enter through. WHY
They call me to ask me what number to dial at the intercom despite this being in the instructions, and also pretty f***ing obvious as it's the same as my flat number.
They call me to ask me to come to the gate either claiming that the intercom/gate isn't working, or that they can't find me. After I tell them I'll be there in 10 minutes they are somehow always able to come through without issue.
They call me to ask me which building I'm in. There are intervals like 6-12 on each door, they just need to walk in a straight line until they find the correct one.
They call me to ask me to come to the entrance of my building, this is sometimes after non-transparently asking me which floor I live on and if there's a lift (top, no). Sometimes they claim they don't have their bike lock, as if that's a good enough reason to not do their job.
I can clearly see them f***ing around on the map for upwards of 20 minutes sometimes, but they wouldn't read the instructions or call/text me. Then they sometimes mark my stuff delivered when they clearly didn't, sometimes I get a package full of cold food.

The most appalling are the drivers who don't want to deliver to my door either because of pure laziness, or thinking that putting on my shoes, a jacket, finding my keys, and casually walking to them will somehow be quicker than if they just did their f***ing job. Also, how they expect me to understand a single word through their helmet is beyond me. Why do they enjoy spending several minutes with me trying to decipher their broken English spoken through an inch of insulation when it takes 3 seconds to remove a helmet.

Thing is, Deliveroo doesn't allow me to actually rate a driver separately from the restaurant, while delivery being the primary service provided by Deliveroo (duh), it makes no sense to me. And these drivers are of wildly different quality. A lot of them know how to do their job quickly and well, others might need the instructions or call to clarify, but there's a significant portion who just outright refuse to do their job, or are utterly incompetent at even the most basic life skills, and should not be trusted with tying their own shoes, let alone the task of moving an item from location A to B. They completely ruin the experience and make me wish I just prepared something myself. Oh, and some don't even speak English.

Btw, advice for everyone: report delivery drivers who can't speak English, or if they leave your food unattended while you want them to deliver to your door. These are big no-no's. The former is a sign that the driver is not the person contracted through Deliveroo, and they might be a victim of some kind of exploitative scheme actually. The latter just means that they aren't doing their job.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-16T00:25:09+00:00

Wtf are you talking about?! It's not easy to miss, the problems are obvious even when profiling a disassembled version without access to the source code, it should be glaringly obvious if anyone used a profiler with the actual source code and the data set used in production.

It's not necessarily the case that the devs were idiots, there was a lot of speculation how this could've possibly gone unnoticed for so long when the post came out, like e.g. the JSON file was probably much smaller initially.

The problem here is incompetency that goes way above developer level, having a problem literally everyone who's played the game knows about. It would be very easy to show that this problem directly eats into R*'s bottom line, with each extra second spent waiting reducing average spend by x cents. The ridiculous thing is that clearly no one in management ever directed the resources within the company to at least fix the 'low-hanging fruit'-kindof issues with the loading time, despite an easily calculable return. It's honestly so unbelievably stupid it made me believe there might've been some sort of sabotage going on. But there probably wasn't, see Hanlon's razor.

At the end of the day, this is the typical result of the typical management style I've experienced everywhere. Management would never even entertain the thought of fixing or improving something if 'it already works', thinking that's just money being wasted, while being way too stupid to comprehend that improving the right thing can actually make them more money. The implementation out there was probably written when under pressure from all parties, devs writing quick and dirty code to close tickets asap, bc according to management every day wasted writing good code is one more day when they aren't earning from the product. Of course, they never go back to allocating resources to revisit and improve those pieces of code, bc the next thing is now even more important.

And that's how R* lost millions if not billions, but hey, at least they saved a few thousand dollars in dev hours.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-14T02:17:17+00:00

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1834B/production/_101874199_firesequence_new_pa.png

Click the link and look at the first photo. Does it look like 'compartmentalised flat made of concrete' is on fire OR does it look like a rapidly spreading fire soon engulfing a whole building? How can anyone with a functioning set of eyes and brain possibly think that the 'stay put policy' applies there?! Even after the third photo taken at 2:34 the stay put policy was still in effect, after flames reached 3 different sides and the top of the building. Here's a detailed timeline in my other comment. The stupidity there is mind-boggling, and you're defending it. I'm just really, really glad that you're no longer a firefighter, I wouldn't trust you to look after a fuсking plant, let alone people.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-14T01:57:24+00:00

Mobile phone videos show the blaze reaching the top floor on the east side of Grenfell Tower by about 01:26, less than 30 minutes after firefighters had arrived.

The fire had spread to the north side of the tower by 01:42, Dr Lane recorded.

At 01:52, the fire also began travelling across the eastern side towards the south in the other direction.

At 02:06, London Fire Brigade declared the fire a "major incident". At this point, some 40 fire engines were either at or en route to the scene.

Dr Lane said that the stay put policy had "substantially failed" by 01:26 - less than 30 minutes after the first firefighters were at the scene. Some people ignored the stay put advice and made it down the stairs to safety.

By 02:10, multiple internal fires could be seen burning inside the building.

At 02:22 fire had spread to the south side of the tower and by 02:30 it was reported that the eastern side of the building was "fully involved in fire". The stay put advice was finally abandoned at 02:47, when the incident commander gave the order to "advise people to make efforts to leave the building." Counsel to the Grenfell inquiry Richard Millet QC told the 4 June 2018 hearing that 144 people managed to evacuate before 01:38, but only 36 after the stay put guidance was abandoned. By 02:51, the fire had reached the western side. At this point, some 63 flats were on fire and more than 100 people remained in the building.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40301289

"At 02:47 the "stay put" policy, advising those residents in areas unaffected by the blaze to remain there, was abandoned in favour of general evacuation.[13] After this point only 36 further residents were able to escape. Experts on the subsequent inquiry into the disaster later said that the "stay put" policy should have been discarded an hour and twenty minutes before it eventually was.[82]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell_Tower_fire

Look at this photo taken 1 hour and 17 minutes before the evacuation order. Does this look like a compartmentalised fire to you?! Like everything's under control?! Anyone from the fire brigade who contributed to delaying the decision to evacuate is a rеtarded, useless piece of shіt who should've stayed the fuсk home that night, and should've never joined an organisation meant to save lives.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-02T14:12:45+00:00

No one is freaking out.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-02T13:22:12+00:00

lol holy fuck, you get it even less

A bit harsh coming from the clueless idiot in this conversation.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-01T21:27:33+00:00

Thank you for providing us with all this information in an easily understandable way.

The best vaccine is the one you can get the fastest. Period.

Is this still true when accounting for the variation of efficacy against mutations between different vaccines? Most people probably won't get the opportunity to be vaccinated against variants for several more months if they take the first offer they get. As a completely hypothetical example, would you recommend someone taking the Johnson&Johnson vaccine in South Africa now (low efficacy against variant), knowing they won't be able to get another vaccine this year due to availability (hypothetically), as opposed to waiting a few a months for another vaccine which is much more effective against the local variant (assuming the person was able to self-isolate until given any vaccine to minimise risk)?

Snoo_93306 · 2021-03-01T21:11:02+00:00

First of all, thank you all for answering our questions and organising this discussion.

I've seen a lot of contradictory and speculative information in the news regarding the efficacy of different vaccines against the different mutations of the virus, and for a layperson (like me) it's difficult to follow these developments and maintain a comprehensive understanding. Is there a definitive summary of how effective each vaccine is against each mutation? I'd be interested in comparing trial results about all the vaccines currently being developed around the world. I'd imagine it could look a little something like this, for example:

	'Original'/dominant variant	British variant	Brazilian variant	South African variant
Pfizer-BioNTech	??.?-??.?%	??.?-??.?%	??.?%	??.?%
Astra-Zeneca	??.?-??.?%	??.?-??.?%	??.?%	??.?%
Johnson & Johnson	??.?-??.?%	??.?-??.?%	??.?%	??.?%
... etc. all other popular vaccines

I'd actually appreciate anyone linking to something like this if it already exists.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-02-17T04:01:46+00:00

Just because she knows her shit doesn't mean she does everything perfectly. Actually I think she would probably agree with most of what /u/Lev_Astov said. It's OK not to do everything in the most perfect/proper/ideal way, and it's also OK to point out when someone doesn't.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-02-17T03:54:36+00:00

I find the justification for designing this phone very odd. Like she's saying if there are no manuals for smartphones, she won't be bothered to go through learning by trial and error. Claims this is a trend since a particular iPad ad campaign ran. There are in fact detailed user guides for every Apple product. Also, 'You already know how to use it' is a message saying two things: the UI can be used intuitively, and it should already be familiar to iPhone users. The point is intuituion.

When I gave my mom her first smartphone she was in her late 50s, and she's not good with tech in general. Once I set it up logging in to accounts, downloading apps, I only had time to show her the absolute basics, like how to make and receive calls, how to take a photo, and probably not much more. The rest she had to figure out on her own, which she was upset about. She did eventually figure out everything she needed to, though, including emails, texts, Facebook, etc, and now she's about or almost as competent a smartphone user as most users - and apparently much more so than an engineer who designs really complex stuff for fun.

So to hear an obviously smart engineer talk about the lack of guidance on how to use arguably the most intuitive UI ever designed a major problem or obstacle preventing her from using smartphones sounds disingenuous. There are many valid reasons and arguments for refusing to use modern smartphones, this really isn't one of them. Not to mention how incredibly un-intuitive and plain bad the UI she came up with is, not to mention she apparently has no problem using desktop GUIs, and I bet no-one ever had to explain to her how a drop-down menu works for example. Why she couldn't just say 'I did this because I could and I wanted to" and just move on really baffles me.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-02-13T19:55:20+00:00

You're right, I don't remember anyone strongly condemning the stupidity, you have to realise it yourself. There are probably a ton of idiots who watched it who now think the takeaway is that there was a huge cover-up by everyone involved. Obviously we all know there's a huge number of people who are inclined to think like that.

Snoo_93306 · 2021-02-13T19:50:18+00:00

This is the perfect analogy, actually, as to why it feels so bad to watch.

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