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But they will be knowledgeable in something that is only tangentially related to systems programming. You are potentially missing out on a lot of talented syst
by achamayou 8y ago
But they will be knowledgeable in something that is only tangentially related to systems programming.
You are potentially missing out on a lot of talented systems programmers who are not willing or able to put up with terrible build and packaging infra and therefore stick to another domain.
As for motivation, you are also missing out on anyone who has a small contribution to make but isn’t willing to dedicate hours trawling through Makefiles. That doesn’t seem good either?
- johnisgood 8y agoI didn't say it was without downsides, I realized that there's a huge potential of losing lots of talented people who merely just don't have the patience to [...]. I don't have anything valuable to add, hopefully someone else might.