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On the other hand, do I want careless devs working in those industries?
by tacitusarc 2y ago
On the other hand, do I want careless devs working in those industries?
- ryandrake 2y agoI don't think "careless" is a permanent, intrinsic attribute of a developer. It's something they learn to be, and it can be unlearned. We respond to incentives. If a developer's only incentive is "we reward shipping as fast as possible" then they will carelessly ship slop as fast as they can type it. If that incentive is removed, they can learn a better way...
- rcxdude 2y agoFrom my experience in the industry, if the average backend dev went to work in that industry, the average level of competence would go up (compare the average salary, for one thing). The processes are all about making it hard to fuck up really badly, they're very much not going to weed out 'careless' devs, just limit the damage they can do.