20 behaviors to get software engineers to respect you more
Sorta kinda not really
Normalize “I don’t know, ask you mom” as a successful answer.
Say little, because you are eating a hotdog and are in the middle where it’s super messy.
A person’s favorite sound is their name, according to some dead guy, so remember it and yell it out in crowds.
Praise publically, criticize privately, gossip regularly.
Always return a shopping cart, especially if you are not in a grocery store - I mean you should not have even brought that here.
Keep secrets unless they are just too good.
True leadership is choosing to help people grow, truest leadership is yelling at them to grow faster.
Be the last to eat - let others go first, then you eat what is left and complain about it a lot.
Keep your phone in your pocket, and also other people’s phones, so that they won’t get distracted while you are speaking.
Pause in speaking and make eye contact until you remember what in the hell you were just talking about I mean where are we even.
Hold the door open for others, unless there is a fire.
Never underestimate that which can be overestimated.
Under-promise and under-deliver, so that people know what to expect of you, and you can be in the running for Most Improved.
Take note of important dates, like 9/11.
Be punctual to show respect for your own time.
Respect different perspectives unless they are the stupid ones.
Stay loyal to your friends and family, unless you are sure there are better ones.
Do the work when nobody is watching, then stop when they start watching because it is embarrassing.
Say thank you and please, even when being attacked by a goose. Manners matter.
Always leave things better than you found them, even if it really hurts the bottom line of your demolition business.