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This is all well and good, but unfortunately #2 type of work is much less rewarding. Unless the #2 programmer has immense fortitude, he will burn out more quick
by zeroonetwothree 15y ago
This is all well and good, but unfortunately #2 type of work is much less rewarding. Unless the #2 programmer has immense fortitude, he will burn out more quickly and either become much less productive or switch to #1 type of work. You might be able to get some of the benefits of each by mixing up the two types of work.
- zavulon 15y agoThanks for pointing this out - of course I didn't mean that #2 guy will do the shit work exclusively. If that was the case, all the good people would leave - everybody has their breaking point. It's a manager's responsibility to balance this out - but my point was SOMETIMES there's shit work - it's just unavoidable, and someone has to do it. And at that stage, there are people who do it, and people who don't ...