Its been over 2 decades since we watched the Dexter's Laboratory TV Show on Cartoon Network as kids but some things just stay with you forever and mold you to the person you are today.
My brother and I were talking about the random office things and he brought up the episode of Dexter's laboratory called "Repairanoid" where an electrician comes in to his lab and starts fixing things without asking.
Watch the short 7 minutes episode here. The main part we were talking about is at about 4:19 minute marker.
This scenario is very common is every job every industry. You start working with a new member and underestimate his/her skills without giving them a chance. Until, they do something great and you realize getting help from someone helps you do your work even better and you stand corrected.
Watching this episode in the younger days gives you a perspective on people behavior and teaches you how to treat people and not presume something about them.
Give them a benefit of the doubt.
Job Market:
This is also something you can see in the current Job market where you are being dismissed for various reason after going through multiple rounds of interview and doing good in all of them but still not getting the job. Lot of big companies have been doing this for years and now more than ever.
It also has been happening in scenarios where ATS is dismissing your resume because you don't have the right keywords but have the experience. (AI will eventually get there too, on par with human emotions regarding this :))
Code Review of Pull Requests:
When someone provides a review and blocks you pull request you should not be in a hurry to merge your PR due to deadline but listen and have a discussion to better your code if it makes sense. You shouldn't be thinking that "oh this person is going to stop me from merging my code in time". Keeping a good attitude will get you to the next level in your career, from just writing non-standardized code to write code with best practices and become an architect, eventually. You should be open to listen to feedback.
All this is from the intake perspective, on the other end you should also be a good constructive feedback provider and that will come only from practice and experience. There were lot of tv shows and movies as kids that unknowingly added these good values in us and has helped us become who we are today.
What do you see and learn from the above episode of Dexter's Laboratory? Share your comments
