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Does she even bother looking at the docs or would that also denote how useless she is?

• dotnetisnotdead 9y ago
  Well, she is learning it now and I wouldn't call her "useless". But her level of experience and knowledge is far below "software engineer" and if she were a guy she couldn't get away with it.
  • querulous 9y ago
    you'd be surprised. i worked with people who would write simple json structures by creating a class in java and then serializing it and printing it to the console to copy and paste. most of them were promoted out to management
    • YeGoblynQueenne 9y ago
      Actually, there is a certain wisdom to promoting incompetent people in this manner. At least then you know that they're nowhere near anything they can use to do real lasting damage.
      • stephenr 9y ago
        > they're nowhere near anything they can use to do real lasting damage Except, make 'technical management' decisions like "we should use mongodb because it's web-scale".
  • swingedseraph 9y ago
    > and if she were a guy she couldn't get away with it I think this is untrue. I know a lot of male "sofware engineers" who are totally incompetent and remain well employed.
    • deleted 9y ago
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    • weberc2 9y ago
      Presumably the OP meant "remain in that role in the company"; not necessarily intending to extrapolate to all positions at all companies.
  • smsm42 9y ago
    https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/why-cant-programmers-program/