On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 06:48:54PM +0100, Sad Clouds wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:26:48 +0200 > Johnny Billquist <b...@update.uu.se> wrote: > > > I hear what you say, but it's still a fact that even good people make > > errors all the time. So it's not really that much about "trust" as > > about in the end getting the damn thing right. Prestige have no place > > there. If you think you write perfect code, and if you feel anyone > > looking over your should is an insult, then I think you should think > > again. :-) > > It's not about being insulted, but more about getting the work done > without being blocked needlessly. As a practical example: > > If I have a problem with my car and I think I can fix it better than > anyone else, I roll up my sleeves and do it. > > Otherwise, I take it to a garage and let them do it for me. Whether they > do a good or a bad job, I don't stand there reviewing their work and > giving them my critique on every nut and bolt they replace. If they do > a bad job, I just don't come back there again.
Perhaps; but if you do major work on a car, then you need to take it to an expert to get signed off before you're legally allowed to drive on public roads - at least, that's true here in NSW, Australia, and I'd imagine fairly common elsewhere. -- Paul Ripke "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." -- Disputed: Often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. 1948.