Settling for Mediocrity
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Why we no longer focus on the quality of our work and how to remedy this fact.
Settling for Mediocrity Settling for Mediocrity The other day I read something from GitLab that shocked me. We care about what you achieve : the code you shipped, the user you made happy, and the team member you helped. On the surface this seems self-evident. The reason you have a job is to get something done. And yet this quote is surprising all the same. Our culture currently places a disproportionate emphasis on effort rather than results. Rather than being a means to an end, effort is seen as the end itself: if you’re doing your best, you ought to be taken care of. It is this reasoning tha
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