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> My most senior engineer on the team never met a deadline in his life. I went over this sentence a few times before it started making sense. Noting this for
by saithound 2y ago
> My most senior engineer on the team never met a deadline in his life.
I went over this sentence a few times before it started making sense. Noting this for others who run into it.
What's meant is that the most senior engineer fails to complete tasks on time, as opposed to never having to deal with deadlines (cf. "I never met a problem I couldn't solve").
- Glawen 2y agoDeadlines is always about time, or i'm missing something? Did you maybe confuse with dead end?
- snpbudhia 2y agoI initially read "has never met a deadline in his life" as meaning they had never had a task with a deadline. I'm assuming they also read it that way at first, so they're clarifying for anyone else who did the same.
- snapetom 2y agoIt's both. He has deadlines. He just chooses to ignore them and has never faced any consequences.