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Are you sure those "smartest developers" would be still smart if they have to maintain someone else abstract code? Easy to memorize layers of abstraction when i
by Instantix 3y ago
Are you sure those "smartest developers" would be still smart if they have to maintain someone else abstract code? Easy to memorize layers of abstraction when it follow your own logic and you build it step by step.
- leetrout 3y agoBingo. It's different when you grow up with it.
- Hermitian909 3y agoStill happens. I work in a codebase that is definitely on the upper end of complexity for the industry. ~18 months ago we hired a very smart developer who had one of the more rapid onboardings to our codebase I've seen, he was very productive in under a month. It turned out he was too productive and people were starting to find new layers being added to the code base. A few of the more senior folks had to come in and shut him down.
- zx8080 3y ago> shut him down. Does this mean firing him?
- Hermitian909 3y agoNo, it means helping him understand how certain types of contributions he makes are perceived by engineering leadership and giving him access to mentorship that would help him better channel his efforts in ways that would be seen as more productive and something to be rewarded. If, over time, he continues to introduce more problems than he solves then he might be managed out but I'm hopeful that won't happen.