Funny business 10?

Co-worker pointed out how expertly I passed the puck back to my client and shrugged off an otherwise complex debugging of an intermittent problem which causes the computer to hard reboot. I realized that my work ethics have changed.

I don’t think I am lazy though… just annoyed. Lately, there’s been a flurry of people who just send me a snippet of their code (not even compilable) and tells me that “there’s an intermittent problem, can you debug it for me?”

Well, it was fun at the beginning as it was challenging, but after you’ve done it for a while, the reality of it dawned on you. These people are just delegating it to me to save themselves some time.

I have the know how, I have the mindsets, so it’s time to work smarter. Which is why I started passing the puck back when faced with these type of questions. Not that I am shying away from my own responsibilities but to tell them: “Hey, at least do the most basic of troubleshooting first! Swap some black boxes around to isolate the problem.”