You may be giving too much importance for what he says. There's what people say ...

sasaf5 on April 29, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How to deal with a senior colleague who ac...

You may be giving too much importance for what he says. There's what people say and there's what is actually going to be done. These two things only have to match if the person doing the talk is the lead (or, a customer, perhaps).