my work week so far

• already at 40 hours
• had to correct the “world’s leading expert in [thing]” on [thing]
• rewrote a sql query that originally took 3 minutes to run, it now takes 3-5 seconds
  • to be fair to the previous implementer, he had to write it without knowing anything about the data
  • the person who made the database couldn’t write it because he “hasn’t played with the tables much”
• was loudly talked down to by my boss because she’s upset that her attempt at replacing my software with something made by chatgpt didn’t work right
  • this conversation started because i had a question and was told that it’s too political to ask questions

@rowan I'm sorry to hear you are having to work so much and people are not helping! The chatgpt thing especially sounds aggravating. And the question thing 🙄

@Shivaekul aw, thank you! 💜 it’s not too bad, i’m going to take most of next week off to compensate :3

her exact phrasing was “it’s just too political right now” (in reference to sending an email to another company that we hired to checks notes answer questions)

@rowan I'm glad you get some time off to make up for it at least!

And haha, I seeeeee. Always fun lol, when you can't reach out to the people you need to talk to about something!

@rowan colleagues: the people we have to be paid to put up with…

@rowan correcting {the (now former) world expert on [thing]} about [thing] makes one the new expert on [thing]. rebuff any questions about [thing] with "it's too political to ask questions"; this ensures one cannot be [corrected, dethroned]. secure in the knowledge of one's place as the supreme knower of [thing] eternal, take a cozy nap.

@rowan having independent thoughts is too political. But for real, AI can't pick up your beautiful mind. How can anyone imagine that spicy autocomplete can fill in for genuine talent?

@rowan augh this sounds awful. congrats on the query at least, we hope that's at least being recognized in the whole mess

@catgirl_so as the supreme knower of [thing] eternal, one must enjoy the benefits of the position responsibly. which is say constantly with no interruption, especially not for questions of any sort.

@ilobmirt

admittedly, it’s because she has no idea what anything does and wanted to alleviate her anxiety related to the project’s impending deadline

i have no idea what anything does either but i’m okay with that

@tempest thanks!! 💜

this entire project Sure Is Something and has company-wide notoriety for having been a terribly managed shitshow. it’s now common knowledge that everything is saddled with tons of technical debt despite not having been released yet