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The question is in how they're productive. If they're productive because they're effectively cutting corners and leaving a wake of tech debt others have to clea
by alfalfasprout 2y ago
The question is in how they're productive. If they're productive because they're effectively cutting corners and leaving a wake of tech debt others have to clean up then they are productive while slowing down their team (or worse, the company) as a whole.
- whstl 2y agoAnyone that has been doing this job knows that the majority of average developers in any workplace will also cut corners every once in a while and leave a lot of tech debt to others, with very few exceptions. This myth that more productive developers are somehow worse and will ruin projects is just rationalization without any ground in reality.
- alfalfasprout 2y agoExcept it’s not a myth. Many of us have encountered the perceived more productive developers that ship barely passable garbage.
- whstl 2y agoThe myth I’m criticizing is that sloppiness has a stronger correlation with being productive. It doesn’t. Plenty of slow developers who suck. This is just rationalization.