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Do the "grunts" have different job titles? Are they more junior? Is your problem that managers give the most important problems to the best programmers? Would
by chatmasta 8y ago
Do the "grunts" have different job titles? Are they more junior?
Is your problem that managers give the most important problems to the best programmers? Would you do it any differently?
- xenocratus 8y agoNope, same job titles. And no, not necessarily the best programmers. Sure, some of them are/were somewhat better to begin with, but by providing them with more growth prospects you're widening the gap. Edit: I mean, sure, I'd give the difficult problems to the best engineers WHEN there's a tight time constraint or when it's something that only they can do. But difficult problems are not the only growth prospects in tech.
- chatmasta 8y agoThat does sound frustrating. I think it is good advice to view your work as an opportunity to take initiative and build something impressive, like a test suite or any kind of tool to automate some the work so there won't be any "unimportant" tasks for anybody to work on.