I’m interested in how companies create 10x engineers. To deepen the discussion, you can cover for example:
- What skills
- Training frequency
- How is your next set of skills decided? Is it personalized? Are you involved in the discussion?
- What are the biggest obstacles to your training?
Ask HN: How is your company training you to become a better developer/engineer?
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#2Companies simply don't. If you want to become a "10x engineer" you have to have the ability and the drive yourself.
Re: Ask HN: How is your company training you to become a better developer/engineer?
#3Working as a team. Pairing on tasks and learning on the job goes a long way.
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#4Companies simply don't. If you want to become a "10x engineer" you have to have the ability and the drive yourself.
Most don’t, I’m wondering if they should.
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#5Working as a team. Pairing on tasks and learning on the job goes a long way.
I found it to be very challenging to deep-dive into harder subjects when doing pairing
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#6Companies simply don't. If you want to become a "10x engineer" you have to have the ability and the drive yourself.
Most don’t, I’m wondering if they should.
The question is whether they can and, if so, whether it is beneficial to them.
As hinted in my previous comment, I don't think they can and I am also not convinced that it would be beneficial to them if they could.
They need good engineers. That is achieved through hiring and compensation policies. Then, it is also beneficial to retain and keep engineers up-to-date through a level of training as needed.
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#7Companies simply don't. If you want to become a "10x engineer" you have to have the ability and the drive yourself.
100x developer is better goal.
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#8We can do SANS training as part of a company security program. They’re actually fairly intensive and useful, but it’a hard to make the time when you have so many other things to do.
My previous company had bi-weekly presentations by some engineer on a technical topic they enjoyed.
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#9Companies simply don't. If you want to become a "10x engineer" you have to have the ability and the drive yourself.
Most don’t, I’m wondering if they should.
answer is they shouldnt,
the less effort exerted globally by the workers the less expectations will be placed on them by managers. God forbid people find their meaning outside of drudgery on their lords fief.
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#10No training in over 3 years via company channels, all self-driven & self paid & after hours.