Nothing is perfect anywhere, sure, but there are degrees.
You get the spaghetti when you take your eye off the ball. When you start making excuses for why we are going to do dumb things just “for now”. And by the time you notice the three year old comments that say “this is temporary”, well, your processes are set. This is the culture, and if you make a stink, people are thinking more about “why now” than “why not”.
The only way I know to get out of that is starting the conversation early about how we can do the things we always do faster and more accurately, and how we can do things we’ve never tried before. But that tree takes a while to bear fruit. And it requires coworkers who are willing to try something new, because for sure as shit nobody has shown them how to do this before.
I read it like that at first. Think about it, it's also very true.
We should probably get that checked out.
Because what I've also noticed is true with respect to both of those phrases is...
It. Never. Actually. Does.
There are only so many people you get to teach in your lifetime, and only so many projects. If you only take the easy ones you never grow and you will reach fewer people. But if you take every hard luck case you also won't get far either.
A working relationship can be broken the way a married couple can be wrong for each other. Sometimes divorce is the correct course of action.
It's not enough to be right, you have to be productive too. And sometimes you only get both if you move toward people who are closer to agreeing with you.