And how did you manage to solve the problem?
Ask HN: Founders, what is the worst experience you had with developers?
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#2Mine wanted to get paid. Can you imagine it? Building the best product ever just wasn't enough.
P45's all round and the issue was solved, permanently.
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#31. Undocumented server setups with passwords saved in their own password manager and refusing to hand passwords and proccess after being fired.
2. Hacking the servers after being fired and deleting the data
3. Insulting the guy from the marketing/sales/customer service department for lack of technical knowledge.
4. Asking the woman from the customer service department to be a cheerleader to up his motivation while he fixed the customer's problem.
Re: Ask HN: Founders, what is the worst experience you had with developers?
#4Could someone explain to me why this question has gotten so many upvotes? Are bad experiences with developers common?
My impression is that most of the time perceived bad experiences with developers comes from being a bad manager.
Re: Ask HN: Founders, what is the worst experience you had with developers?
#5Mine wanted to get paid. Can you imagine it? Building the best product ever just wasn't enough. P45's all round and the issue was solved, permanently.
For non-UK readers: according to Wikipedia, P45 is slang for firing an employee.
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#6Could someone explain to me why this question has gotten so many upvotes? Are bad experiences with developers common? My impression is that most of the time perceived bad experiences with developers comes from being a bad manager.
No developers are often terrible.
Source: developer
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#7I had a boss once who conjectured that when you point a finger, there are three pointed back at yourself. I often come in to "rescue" projects after an initial developer or team, and more often than not I find just as many mistakes on the management side. For example - if the developer(s) have set up the production environment using their own personal AWS account, or set up DNS in their own name, yes, they screwed up, but that's the company's IP that management has failed to secure. Problems go both ways.
Re: Ask HN: Founders, what is the worst experience you had with developers?
#8Could someone explain to me why this question has gotten so many upvotes? Are bad experiences with developers common? My impression is that most of the time perceived bad experiences with developers comes from being a bad manager.
No developers are often terrible. Source: developer
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Re: Ask HN: Founders, what is the worst experience you had with developers?
#9Could someone explain to me why this question has gotten so many upvotes? Are bad experiences with developers common? My impression is that most of the time perceived bad experiences with developers comes from being a bad manager.
This. People leave managers they don’t leave jobs. But... people can wear many hats but regardless of the hat can still be jerks.
Re: Ask HN: Founders, what is the worst experience you had with developers?
#10Mine wanted to get paid. Can you imagine it? Building the best product ever just wasn't enough. P45's all round and the issue was solved, permanently.
For non-UK readers: according to Wikipedia, P45 is slang for firing an employee.
Thanks... so kind of like how we would say 'pink slip' in the US.