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The analysis is interesting but depends on accepting a premise that is only substantiated by fictional anecdotes.
by jdauriemma 1y ago
The analysis is interesting but depends on accepting a premise that is only substantiated by fictional anecdotes.
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoI don't believe the anecdotes are fictional. Cherry-picked, perhaps. But these people surely exist.
- jdauriemma 1y agoI don't see any attributions or citations.
- gjsman-1000 1y agoEven if we did have citations, didn't we have an article about how academic fraud is a massive business, just yesterday, because academics are flawed humans just like the rest of us? All the virtuous skeptics here would just be calling the study flawed.
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoUnreal to me that this submission got flagged to death, and that most of the comments are "these type of people don't exist." I encounter all of these people on a daily basis
- jdauriemma 1y agoRealistic fiction is still fiction!
- jdauriemma 1y ago> academic fraud I would be content with just a statement like "these are real people I personally know (anonymized)."
- treis 1y agoI second this. By the time you're 4 years in almost anywhere you're an old timer. That plus being better than average at coding can easily make you 2-3 times as productive coding than average for your role. You can either use that to get more done or get the time back. Lots of people choose the 2nd option. Especially if they can wfh.
- malfist 1y agoIt's also predicated on the idea that "mindless coding" isn't working. And the idea that someone who works late (9-7) isn't working. Like, what?
- humaninvariant 1y agoI can assure you that the anecdotes are not fictional.