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>experienced engineers don’t want to work with people who think like the author of this article - has opinions on interface design - isn't afraid to be wrong
by finnthehuman 8y ago
>experienced engineers don’t want to work with people who think like the author of this article
- has opinions on interface design
- isn't afraid to be wrong publicly
- is brash on a personal blog
I dunno, this is mostly positive. I'd have to see how well they'd adapt to the much different context and goals of one of our design reviews, but this isn't an immediate red flag. There's a million ways to be bad at a job. I'll give them enough rope to hang themselves in a serious conversation rather than invent the idea that someone would be an unworkable perfectionist professionally just from being a type purist on the internet.
- anothergoogler 8y agoBrash on a personal blog is tricky. In this post's case, I'd worry that the blogger has a hard time separating technical deficiencies from professional incompetence. "Designed by amateurs" is an over-the-top and dubious claim.
- mnsc 8y agoAs an experienced engineer I can hear the pain behind that dubiuos claim and no, I wouldn't want to work with someone who behaves like this all the time but I wouldn't mind someone who once in a while gets fed up show some emotions. It's all about how you handle the aftermath, ie. can you apologize to people you accidentally hurt along the way.
- ionforce 8y agoHow about don't hurt people to begin with?
- whateveracct 8y agoThe Googlers who designed Protobuffers’ type system were undeniably amateurs in that realm without knowledge of the state-of-the-art.
- anothergoogler 8y agoTheir goals were not to create the most academically sound type system. They were focused on engineering challenges. Read the comments here ti understand the authors' priorities and obstacles.