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Maintaining and improving existing software sure is boring and often thankless compared to starting flashy new projects where you get to make and understand all
by henning 1y ago
Maintaining and improving existing software sure is boring and often thankless compared to starting flashy new projects where you get to make and understand all the major decisions up front.
- Aurornis 1y ago> Maintaining and improving existing software sure is boring and often thankless There was a big public episode where he appealed to Elon Musk for a job at Twitter, was given an “internship”, tried soliciting public submissions for the code he was tasked with, left a lot of people shocked that he was struggled with basic FE work, and then resigned 4 weeks in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34074344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34074344