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If a coder writes bad code, it doesn't mean the coder is a bad coder. However, if the code keeps writing bad code time after time without refusing to improve,
by DefaultUserHN 11y ago
If a coder writes bad code, it doesn't mean the coder is a bad coder. However, if the code keeps writing bad code time after time without refusing to improve, then the code is a bad coder and needs to be fired.
If you will not do what's necessary to become competent, to be qualify for the job you're hired to do, then you need to be fired. No one in any kind of job is excused from this. Being competent and qualified is a requirement of any job.
- iokevins 11y agoThank you; I think we're in agreement, regarding a desire for co-worker competency. I think your comment helps with demonstrating the limits of what Carmack describes as, "break[ing] through your defenses". Gulit/shame "break through" to some, with the limitations I described, but it works counter-productively, with others. How an employer chooses to handle this hypothetical person represents another discussion entirely.