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Statistically speaking a senior (more experienced) engineer is more likely to consistently deliver time saving results, while a junior is more likely to occasio
by close04 2y ago
Statistically speaking a senior (more experienced) engineer is more likely to consistently deliver time saving results, while a junior is more likely to occasionally do it, if ever.
Proving it’s not a one time thing is what pushes you in the salary and seniority ranking.
- nashashmi 2y agoSenior engineers have less opportunity to write time consumingly careful code because they get paid so much. Much easier to throw new great hardware at it.
- fifilura 2y agoSenior engineers have less time to write code period. And this is what saves the day. Code is a liability.
- JonChesterfield 2y agoThe corporate structures that reward people who prove especially good at building the product with more meetings and less time building the product are perhaps not optimal in their deployment of resources. Maximising the fraction of the product built by people who don't know what they're doing would however explain the emergent properties of modern software.
- dgfitz 2y agoSenior engineers can write time-consuming, careful code efficiently. This is why they are seniors.