--- title: "We Don't Do That Here" url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-don-t-do-that-here-ewofkh-hf source_url: https://thagomizer.com/blog/2017/09/29/we-don-t-do-that-here.html type: article source: "Hacker News" published: 2022-07-28T17:06:15.065Z updated: 2022-07-28T17:06:15.065Z tags: ["career", "productivity"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 14 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # We Don't Do That Here **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 14 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary The phrase "we don't do that here" is a way to say no: "that doesn't work for me" It turns out talking about diversity, inclusion, and even basic civil behavior can be controversial in technical spaces. If no one has told you yet, as your career progresses you will eventually become We don’t do that.” ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@facundollampa** · 0 upvotes > Simple words but strong message for sure! **@itsiskandar** · 0 upvotes > It's bad to impose value on other people. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/we-don-t-do-that-here-ewofkh-hf)