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I would fault this article for treating each developer as a being intrinsically good or bad. I've seen people I know are very talented (based on past work) beco
by ianbicking 10y ago
I would fault this article for treating each developer as a being intrinsically good or bad. I've seen people I know are very talented (based on past work) become negative developers. Depression is a common cause. If they are underperforming they may react to their own self-disappointment by acting defensive and resisting change of the inclusion of anyone they think may judge them. I think there's many destructive feedback cycles that can turn a good developer into a negative developer.
- throwaway1892 10y agoAlso devs can have different skill level in différents areas. One could be a rock star at the server stuff and do a poor job at the UI/web stuff (or any other possible version of this). So that's another layer of variation to take into account.
- lolc 10y agoThanks for verbalizing the unease I felt after reading the article. I would have been unable to express it so well.