"The best predictor for a software engineer's career trajectory is grit, the ability to handle discomfort, and operate in a perpetual state of uncertainty." -- Gunnar Kudrjavets.

Cope

A complete lack of a conscience certainly helps.

Fuck that guy, Fuck that guy's wife and mum and Fuck you for posting this.

Sounds like something a manager would say to motivate his wageslaves to work unpaid overtime and accept vague use cases and feature requests.

@Oktokolo The author is a developer who used to work for Meta, Microsoft etc

@aserebrenik Might be Stockholm syndrome.

@aserebrenik I changed my opinion about this and now believe that the author is actually right for big corp environments like Meta and Microsoft where the ability to cope with systematicly rotten processes and botchery-by-default might indeed be extremely important.