{"id":4199,"date":"2014-08-20T22:22:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T22:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/blog\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2014-08-19T23:12:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T23:12:23","slug":"linked-how-the-other-half-works-an-adventure-in-the-low-status-of-software-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/08\/20\/linked-how-the-other-half-works-an-adventure-in-the-low-status-of-software-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: How the Other Half Works: an Adventure in the Low Status of Software Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"

via Michael O. Church<\/a>:<\/p>\n

What most of us don\u2019t realize is that this culture of mandatory \u201cpassion\u201d lowers our social status, because it encourages us to work unreasonably hard and irrespective of conditions. The fastest way to lose social status is to show acceptance of low social status. For example, programmers often make the mistake of overworking when understaffed, and this is a terrible idea. (\u201cThose execs don\u2019t believe in us, so let\u2019s show them up by\u2026 working overtime on something they own!\u201d) To do this validates the low status of the group that allows it to be understaffed.<\/em> Executives, a more savvy sort, lose passion when denied the advancement or consideration they feel they deserve. They\u2019re not obnoxious about this attitude, but they don\u2019t try to cover it up, either. They\u2019re not going to give a real effort to a project or company that acts against their own interests or lowers their own social status. They won\u2019t negotiate against themselves by being \u201cpassionate\u201d, either. They want to be seen as supremely competent, but not sacrificial.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The exercise in this post was a great read but more so, the takeaway from the author is spot on. If you want to be seen as upper management, you have to behave like it. I\u2019ve never intentionally acted one way or another and have chosen simply to be myself. I\u2019ve seen the opposite effect as detailed above for more blue-collar jobs. If you don\u2019t act passionate about potato wedges at your job at KFC, you likely won\u2019t make shift-leader. An unhealthy love for potato wedges usually means promotion whereas if a coder really LOVES code and works 20 hours a day, they\u2019ll likely keep her there forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via Michael O. Church: What most of us don\u2019t realize is that this culture of mandatory \u201cpassion\u201d lowers…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-12-22T15:39:44Z","apple_news_api_id":"a9551704-e749-471d-a9a0-248ccff48894","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-12-22T15:39:44Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AqVUXBOdJRx2poCSMz_SIlA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-15J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4601,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/04\/24\/linked-is-google-making-the-web-stupid\/","url_meta":{"origin":4199,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “Is Google making the web stupid?”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Seth Godin: If you\u2019re a content provider, the shift to mobile, and to social and the shift in Google\u2019s priorities mean that it\u2019s worth a very hard look at how you\u2019ll monetize and the value of permission (i.e. the subscribers to this blog are its backbone). 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