> By rescuing orgs like that, you run the real risk of being relegated to perpetual clean up guy
You're right, it's a serious risk and you have to address it. Again, being a good, "straight A student" who does what he's told when and where he's told will harm you. You have to know to be bad at what you don't want to do, and at doing stuff a way you consider broken. There's a delicate balance to find between being recognized as valuable, remaining manageable, and not being threaded on. You need to be bad enough that people will try to avoid giving you that sort of shlep in the future, but it must not come off as insulting, and it must not be mistaken for incompetence.
The key point to keep in mind that dumb submission might save you a lot of flak, but will get you neither consideration from anyone, nor better work conditions. Know when to break the rules, and how much breaking you can get away with. You can't hack software in a company if you can't hack the company itself.
You're right, it's a serious risk and you have to address it. Again, being a good, "straight A student" who does what he's told when and where he's told will harm you. You have to know to be bad at what you don't want to do, and at doing stuff a way you consider broken. There's a delicate balance to find between being recognized as valuable, remaining manageable, and not being threaded on. You need to be bad enough that people will try to avoid giving you that sort of shlep in the future, but it must not come off as insulting, and it must not be mistaken for incompetence.
The key point to keep in mind that dumb submission might save you a lot of flak, but will get you neither consideration from anyone, nor better work conditions. Know when to break the rules, and how much breaking you can get away with. You can't hack software in a company if you can't hack the company itself.