Comments by "" (@grokitall) on "Become A GREAT Programmer VOL. 1: How To Be GREAT, Why Do You Suck u0026 Why Your Hobby Won't Cut It" video.
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not really, we all know how hard it is to fix bad attitudes in bosses.
in the end it comes down to the question of which sort of bad boss you have.
if it is someone who makes bad choices because they don't know any better, train them by ramming home the points they are missing at every oportinity until they start to get it.
for example if they want to get a feature out the door quick, point out that by not letting you test, future changes will be slower.
if they still don't let you test, point out that now it is done, we need to spend the time to test, and to get it right, or the next change will be slower.
if they still did not let you test, when the next change comes along, point out how it will now take longer to do, as you still ha e to do all the work you were not allowed to do before, to get it into a shape where it is easy to add the new stuff.
if after doing that for a while, there is still no willingness to let you test, then you have a black boss.
with a black boss, their only interest is climbing the company ladder, and they will do anything to make themselves look good in the short term to get the promotion. the way to deal with this is simply to get a paper trail of every time you advise him of why something is a bad idea, and him forcing you to do it anyway. encourage your colleagues to do the same. eventually one of the inevitable failures will get looked into, and his constantly ignoring advice and trying to shift blame to other will come to light.
in the worst case, you won't be able to put up with his crap any more, and will look for another job. when you do, make sure that you put all his behaviour in the resignation letter, and make sure copies go directly to hr and the ceo, who then will wonder what is going on and in a good company will look to find out.
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