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Cleverand lazy is best because they find ways to get the job done with the least effort. Biggest reward for the lowest cost.
by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Cleverand lazy is best because they find ways to get the job done with the least effort.
Biggest reward for the lowest cost.
- mgkimsal 7y ago"least effort" just means their own least effort - I've known folks who were happy to let other teams slave away unnecessarily because it optimized their own effort. long term that's a bigger cost for the whole org - short term it's a win for "intelligent but lazy", who may move on to something else in the meantime.
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoThat's lazy and stupid. Clever considers all factors in the math.
- vserver1 7y agoThe quote is not about a Lisp programmer finding the shortest way to solve a problem. It is a quote from a psychopath who tells other people "take that hill" and then lights up a cigar in the officer's club and brags how brave and smart he was.