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I think stuff likes this is the real price of not hiring really good people. I think stuff like this is why decent developers don't become "really good" when w
by dec0dedab0de 7y ago
I think stuff likes this is the real price of not hiring really good people.
I think stuff like this is why decent developers don't become "really good" when working in these environments. If you have a culture of letting people figure things out, and forgiving mistakes, then you'll end up with better engineers. On the other hand if you have a culture of protecting "territory", and blame then you'll get 6 months for 9 people to check a box.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago“I think stuff like this is why decent developers don't become "really good" when working in these environments” Totally agree. I feel bad for a lot of the young devs who are exposed to daily micromanagement and stand ups and the pressure to constantly deliver something. They don’t get the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them.
- nlawalker 7y agoI think it's less about forgiving mistakes than it is about having the ability to recognize the nature and scale of problems and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate potential solutions. That ability gets lost in layers of management, and the people who are tasked with rewarding the folks that actually create the solutions often don't have it.