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> Instead, companies become obsessed with "coding culture," and "process" (which can mean many different things). Many companies must build out rigorous standa

> Instead, companies become obsessed with "coding culture," and "process" (which can mean many different things). Many companies must build out rigorous standards, and checks and balances in order to deal with regression to the mean. If what you're saying is true you're multiple standard deviations above the normal engineer, and scaling you is non-trivial. Bob martin has said the population of coders doubles every 5 yrs meaning at any given time 1/2 of the engineers have less than 5 years experience. When you need something that would take 1000 of you, which might not even exist on the planet, they instead have to build a system that takes 10k of those 5yr and less engineers -- and have the highest quality outliers leveraged though standards, automation, building engineering culture etc.

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
> If what you're saying is true I get that a lot. It's absurdly easy to verify (I point to all my work), but folks would rather sling mud, than take a peek. Doesn't matter. I'm not looking for work anymore. In my time, I have worked with many people that make me look like a piker. I suspect they get chased out, too.
- maerF0x0 5y ago
  Sorry, to be clear I wasn't trying to address/rebut/debate your skill, but rather just start from a presumption. Presuming what you're saying is true. It really doesn't matter to me if it's true about you or not, we can still discuss the issue of designing for talent several standard deviations above the mean vs one that falls within, say, [0-1] std deviation above the mean.
LordDragonfang 5y ago
I've been reading the (perennially-recommended) Mythical Man Month with a friend, and this is something that gets touched on again and again. It's funny that for all the hilariously out-of-date components of those essay (development measured in compiler instructions written!), the inefficiency between a good architect and the number mean-regressed engineers beneath them is still a problem we struggle with half a century later.
- maerF0x0 5y ago
  That and most of the internets most darling companies rely on 1970s technology like CSVs

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago

> If what you're saying is true I get that a lot. It's absurdly easy to verify (I point to all my work), but folks would rather sling mud, than take a peek. Doesn't matter. I'm not looking for work anymore. In my time, I have worked with many people that make me look like a piker. I suspect they get chased out, too.

maerF0x0 5y ago
Sorry, to be clear I wasn't trying to address/rebut/debate your skill, but rather just start from a presumption. Presuming what you're saying is true. It really doesn't matter to me if it's true about you or not, we can still discuss the issue of designing for talent several standard deviations above the mean vs one that falls within, say, [0-1] std deviation above the mean.

LordDragonfang 5y ago

I've been reading the (perennially-recommended) Mythical Man Month with a friend, and this is something that gets touched on again and again. It's funny that for all the hilariously out-of-date components of those essay (development measured in compiler instructions written!), the inefficiency between a good architect and the number mean-regressed engineers beneath them is still a problem we struggle with half a century later.

maerF0x0 5y ago
That and most of the internets most darling companies rely on 1970s technology like CSVs