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Sr Dev with 26 years of experience. I get my edge not by coding fast. I maximize the amount of work that we don't have to do. - Better (usually simpler) design
by corpMaverick 9y ago
Sr Dev with 26 years of experience. I get my edge not by coding fast. I maximize the amount of work that we don't have to do.
- Better (usually simpler) designs.
- Breaking the problem and choosing the order in which
things are implemented.
- Setting up usefull feedback loops.
- etc, etc.
It is a lot about judgment.
- g051051 9y agoA deep understanding of your tool set is a huge advantage.
- nawitus 9y agoThat is "coding fast". Coding fast doesn't mean literally churning out a lot of code and pull requests.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoManagers often have trouble recognizing the difference, though. Even if they know the difference, measuring actual productivity is difficult and subjective, measuring number of pull requests or number of JIRA tickets closed is easy and objective.
- TimTheTinker 9y ago> easy and objective. that’s the worst kind of data - gives a meaningless feeling of objectivity.