tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post16096404767932793..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: The Limitations of CYAGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-40319175421570009392017-06-07T10:52:51.347-06:002017-06-07T10:52:51.347-06:00Dinwar,
That's possible, although I lean on t...Dinwar,<br /><br />That's possible, although I lean on the side of throwing someone else under the bus or more general incompetence.<br /><br />Something like that is possible: I've dealt with people who seemed to expect others to know things they shouldn't necessarily be expected to know.<br /><br />GusGus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-11339117590168104952017-06-07T08:38:53.067-06:002017-06-07T08:38:53.067-06:00I think another aspect of this is epistemological....I think another aspect of this is epistemological. The CTO in this story expected the new hire to know things that the new hire had no way of knowing, and punished the new hire for not knowing those things he couldn't know. Even ignoring the fact that this company was operating in a non-standard fashion, a single day is insufficient time to learn how a company operates, what its protocols are, and what the critical systems are. <br /><br />To punish someone for not knowing what they can't know is, in fact, to demand omniscience--or at least precognition, both of which are impossible. Dinwarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06138006602385020048noreply@blogger.com