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"""Every team needs a crop of solid, dependable and slow developers that do the boring tasks.""" Well put. And this is exactly the role for which I would hire
by st3fan 17y ago
"""Every team needs a crop of solid, dependable and slow developers that do the boring tasks."""
Well put. And this is exactly the role for which I would hire Ted if his interview gave me the same impression of him as that blog entry.
- gscott 17y agoPlus dependable programmers are fired last.
- mahmud 17y agoNo they are not! My colleague is Mr "Can't Do". Where the rest of us see opportunity and "cool" he sees problems. He has put his job on the line for us many times over telling the CEO to curb his dreams and enthusiasm and ship something that works first. Incidentally, he has been .NET/PHP corporate programming guy and never ventured outside reporting and billing software. Today he is our rockstar. Every time the rest of us are getting ahead of ourselves we turn to him for feedback and if he is even marginally un-pissed-off by our ideas, we know we're doing the right thing. If it wasn't for him, nothing would have shipped and none of us would still be on the project, since 3 of us are dyed-in-the-wool technophiles (hello? 2 Lispers and a game developer?)
- gscott 17y agoI have a friend who is a very good developer, he happens to be reliable, dependable, and can get things done. He comes in and leaves at the same time each day (dependable). Myself, I developed the intial product and the next generation product, but I would work all night, weekends, sometimes several days straight. I wasn't coming in and leaving at the same time of the day. In the end dependable was better then myself, he is buying two houses, going on nice vacations, while I was left out in the cold when things were temporarily difficult. I would prefer to be in a different situation. If I was just dependable it would be better then imaginative. I would prefer to crank things out rather then go so hot and cold.
- maxklein 17y agoExactly! I used to work with geniuses, and when I started working with someone slow and steady I was amazed out how much more effective things became. Previously, we were like birds - someone would mention something new and everyone would run off chasing this new idea, before something else cool comes along and we all scatter and regroup. With dependable people, things just get done. One feels a bit ashamed to bring risky but cool things to the table.