There are some people who are just wired to submit, and there are a lot more of them than you would think. I don’t know how to explain it, but I know some otherwise really awesome people, smart in most ways, but happily submit themselves to authority time and time again; despite it burning them over and over.
That really interesting, honestly. I’m the kind who likes to break down task, figure out things, and I get really resentful when I’m given simple tasks without the context to understand them.
I don’t think what you are describing is what I mean though. I totally get having things broken down and simplified, especially in the context of productivity. That just seems like you understand yourself and workflow.
I’m taking more about an authoritarian mindset in values. I can tell based on the rest of your reply that you haven’t outsourced your judgement :)
Yeah, I guess isn’t not really about simple vs. complex for me, I don’t mind having to research, break down, or even delegate; but I want to clear goal. “Improve the login flow” is a task I hate, and probably won’t do well or fast. “Allow Yubikey as an alternative to Google Authenticator for our 2FA” is something I can knock out, even if I’m totally new to the code base (and I’ve not yet ever used the Google Authenticator API or a Yubikey).
I know metrics make for poor goals (Goodhart’s Law) but I like a task that is metric-driven. I do tend to be careful to not be overly fixated on the metric and rather the improvement it’s meant to reflect.
Gotcha. Yeah, you and me both then, I feel exactly the same way. “Improved login” is such an undefined and wide space to begin with. Something like that is what a low executive function brain would ask for.
I’d say, you operate at a higher level, sounds to me like you are very good at executive level thinking. You see the problem space for what it is, and undefined is an awful place to be, since there is so many avenues that would fulfill the “request”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to walk people through how to provide useful requirements :)
There are some people who are just wired to submit, and there are a lot more of them than you would think. I don’t know how to explain it, but I know some otherwise really awesome people, smart in most ways, but happily submit themselves to authority time and time again; despite it burning them over and over.
I think I’m more productive when I have someone else doing the executive thinking and “just” assigning me “simple” tasks.
But, I can still recognize Rentiers as bad for the economy in specific and society in general.
That really interesting, honestly. I’m the kind who likes to break down task, figure out things, and I get really resentful when I’m given simple tasks without the context to understand them.
I don’t think what you are describing is what I mean though. I totally get having things broken down and simplified, especially in the context of productivity. That just seems like you understand yourself and workflow.
I’m taking more about an authoritarian mindset in values. I can tell based on the rest of your reply that you haven’t outsourced your judgement :)
Yeah, I guess isn’t not really about simple vs. complex for me, I don’t mind having to research, break down, or even delegate; but I want to clear goal. “Improve the login flow” is a task I hate, and probably won’t do well or fast. “Allow Yubikey as an alternative to Google Authenticator for our 2FA” is something I can knock out, even if I’m totally new to the code base (and I’ve not yet ever used the Google Authenticator API or a Yubikey).
I know metrics make for poor goals (Goodhart’s Law) but I like a task that is metric-driven. I do tend to be careful to not be overly fixated on the metric and rather the improvement it’s meant to reflect.
Gotcha. Yeah, you and me both then, I feel exactly the same way. “Improved login” is such an undefined and wide space to begin with. Something like that is what a low executive function brain would ask for.
I’d say, you operate at a higher level, sounds to me like you are very good at executive level thinking. You see the problem space for what it is, and undefined is an awful place to be, since there is so many avenues that would fulfill the “request”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to walk people through how to provide useful requirements :)