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In order to get real value out of a "smart person", I think you need a sufficiently challenging problem for them to work on. Yes, giving them a CRUD app where
by jimbokun 5y ago
In order to get real value out of a "smart person", I think you need a sufficiently challenging problem for them to work on.
Yes, giving them a CRUD app where they build their own frameworks because they're bored and something about the existing frameworks is sub-optimal probably will end up adding net negative value as they introduce complexity all the other developers now need to understand.
But if you have a ton of PHP code and running at such scale that you need to create a new PHP engine to optimize all of your existing code and save millions of dollars on your infrastructure costs, a "smart person" just might fit the bill.
- benreesman 5y agoThe original HHVM team were in fact… legends. :)
- ska 5y ago> I think you need a sufficiently challenging problem for them to work on. One important thing to realize is that the challenge doesn't have to be in the obvious place. Having a smart person who is really interested in solving the business problem you are trying to solve will make things better all over the place. Having a smart person who is uninterested in the business problem you are trying to solve and looking for intellectual stimulation in the technical stack - well, if you aren't doing something "interesting" it's probably going to go poorly.