Ask HN: Word for Jack of All Trades

Post by beefield » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 12:37 PM UTC

necovek wrote: post #10

Is that really not everyone? Who is an engineer that excitedly looks forward to that final 10% of polish and maintenance? (I do it because I look forward to shipping things, and ofc pay) What engineer enjoys routine work? Oh, lovely, I'll go and clean up comments in the code today... for a tenth day again. The only distinction that seems to make any sense seems to be that they are "good at solving" all kinds of probl…

Post by Exness199507 » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 3:27 PM UTC

necovek wrote: post #10

Is that really not everyone? Who is an engineer that excitedly looks forward to that final 10% of polish and maintenance? (I do it because I look forward to shipping things, and ofc pay) What engineer enjoys routine work? Oh, lovely, I'll go and clean up comments in the code today... for a tenth day again. The only distinction that seems to make any sense seems to be that they are "good at solving" all kinds of probl…

Post by necovek » Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 4:38 AM UTC

beefield wrote: post #12

necovek wrote: post #10

Is that really not everyone? Who is an engineer that excitedly looks forward to that final 10% of polish and maintenance? (I do it because I look forward to shipping things, and ofc pay) What engineer enjoys routine work? Oh, lovely, I'll go and clean up comments in the code today... for a tenth day again. The only distinction that seems to make any sense seems to be that they are "good at solving" all kinds of probl…

No, the context was that especially in startups there are lots of problems that nobody in the company knows how to solve beforehand. There is a certain personality that you can throw these problems at and they are happy to have them on their table.