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That’s “lottery ticket = possible jackpot” mentality and doesn’t scale. The flip side and obvious counter argument is that a relatively inexperienced SWE is mor
by kcplate 3y ago
That’s “lottery ticket = possible jackpot” mentality and doesn’t scale. The flip side and obvious counter argument is that a relatively inexperienced SWE is more likely to be responsible for a bug that could cost a company a lot of money—frankly it’s more likely than the jackpot.
- scarface_74 3y agoMy contention is that any show stopping bug makes it to production, it was a problem with the system and process not one individual. And it’s not a lottery ticket. Have you seen the stats of developer/revenue for Google, Microsoft and Facebook? It’s a lot lower for Amazon because of the warehouse workers, drivers etc and Apple because of Apple retail
- kcplate 3y agoSo the “system or process” that spreads the blame of a bug, can also allow a junior dev full autonomy to release a feature of their invention solely and on their own and deserving of all the credit? Those are incompatible in my experience.