On: Thanksgiving 2023 security incident

[jen729w]

I’m not being snarky, but have you ever worked for a company the size of, say, HP?

The tools are the tools. There’s nothing me or my boss or theirs can do about it.

They just don’t care. But I care, because if nothing else it’s my reputation.

(HP used purely for size comparison. I’ve never worked there.)

[MichaelZuo → jen729w]

Then why not leave if there's no prospects of change in the near future and if you really care?

[jen729w → MichaelZuo]

Because I was working with friends, on a project that was interesting, mentally valuable, and in the national interest.

Just because the org that hires you is a shambles doesn’t mean you give up and quit. Thank fuck we don’t all think like that.

And, again, reputation. I have a stellar reputation because I stick it out, and I care. I’ve worked with people who quit because ‘it’s shit here’. Nobody will ever work with them again.

[MichaelZuo → jen729w]

Then you clearly care a lot more about these other aspects over 'tools'...

So why raise the point in the first place if it's a minor quibble relative to your top priority(s)?

[jen729w → MichaelZuo]

That’s not what I said.

Tools enable success. Better tools make the job easier. They make the result better.

But having bad tools isn’t a reason to give up. It’s frustrating. But you just have to get on with it.

[MichaelZuo → jen729w]

That is what you said… tools don’t matter enough to make you quit the job, and considering the language used in the previous comment, it seems far enough from your top priority that it likely never will. Hence a minor quibble in relative terms as it has almost no impact on your final decision to stay or leave.