I’ve always been a big proponent of fixing problems. And I don’t mean band aid solutions. I mean looking at logs, testing ideas, and permanently fixing something that’s broken. I have often been (and will probably continue to be) at the receiving end of poor performance evaluations and mounting management frustration because of my “attitude”.
I have found vindication.
This article, Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened, was written a decade ago. If only I’d read it then.