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>>Or strictly obsessive coders who do nothing but code all day and don't have families and don't need PTO? Unfortunate, but true. If you look at the life profi
by kamaal 5y ago
>>Or strictly obsessive coders who do nothing but code all day and don't have families and don't need PTO?
Unfortunate, but true. If you look at the life profiles of 'rockstar coders' going around FANG like companies they are mostly single(and childless) people, with minimal to no family commitments/connections.
These kind of people fit in perfectly into doing the weekend long leetcode tournaments. Changing jobs every year. etc.
There's a high degree of freedom, but albeit long term unfixable problems that come with this kind of a lifestyle.
- JohnBooty 5y agoYeah. I don't think that kind of "rockstar" coder typically benefits a company in the long run. There are the true, true, true outliers: the Linus Torvalds and the John Carmacks, who truly solve problems that others can't. But then there are people who write a bunch of blog posts, make some kind of name for themselves, show up and crap out a bunch of code, impressing management, etc. I don't think they are good at building systems. They make messes others need to clean up while they've already moved on to making their next mess.