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And don't forget the -10x engineer. The guy on the team who creates something others depend on, hasn't got the skill to fix its bugs and has the "well there's o
by abainbridge 7y ago
And don't forget the -10x engineer. The guy on the team who creates something others depend on, hasn't got the skill to fix its bugs and has the "well there's obviously nothing wrong with my code" personality type.
- tjpnz 7y agoA -10x engineer wouldn't be capable of creating anything from scratch, even if they did they would likely have issues getting buy in from the wider organization for said code to go into production. They would spend their days engaged in the wonton destruction of previously stable applications, wasting the time of competent devs with incessant questions and ultimately creating a net loss in wider organizational output.
- james_s_tayler 7y ago>A -10x engineer wouldn't be capable of creating anything from scratch, even if they did they would likely have issues getting buy in from the wider organization for said code to go into production I have a two data points from a -10x engineer that say otherwise. They definitely do start things. The rest of us spend a decade making their mess a stable, workable system.
- KUcxrAVrtI 7y agoI've seen -10 x developers put in management positions. The company is now going under for obvious reasons.
- anm89 7y agoI read this like 10 days ago and didn't catch the joke. Well played.
- GistNoesis 7y agoThat's why we invented pair programming. As long as you have an even number of them, you are fine :)