> The days where a cop, judge or prosecutor identified as the function they render to society are over, I suspect. It’s work life balance all the way.
This is terrifying and also true in many other industries, including software.
This is terrifying and also true in many other industries, including software.
Add to this that most public servants make very little money and that nobody in the chain of command actually listens to the people on the floor… Well why would they care?
We’re quite dependent on the fastidiousness and conscientiousness of our peers, at least if you want life to be pleasant. People don’t have the ability to contractually enforce and codify good work ethic (see: people just trying to define SLOs for machines).
Especially with “public servant” type jobs which the comment was referring to.