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Sure bad engineers exist, but you know what is even worse than the -10x engineer: the contagious jerk.
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/studies-being-a-jerk-is...
Yep being an asshole spreads like a disease within organizations. Avoid these guys like the plague.
I'm now wondering what languages and projects the author has worked on if they expect compilation to take less than 20 seconds. Maybe small-ish golang projects? I don't remember the last time I worked on something interesting where recompilation was always under a minute...
Part of the issue is that intelligent people can be better at justifying work that wastes everyone's time. So if you're in a leadership position you really need to make sure people have their eyes on the prize and that they aren't padding their resume or needlessly doing tasks that worked at their previous job.
> To ensure developers are context-switching, recompilation should take at least 20 seconds. I'm now wondering what languages and projects the author has worked on if they expect compilation to take less than 20 seconds. Maybe small-ish golang projects? I don't remember the last time I worked on something interesting where recompilation was always under a minute...
This reads a lot like one of those WW2 low-risk sabotage manuals.
This reads a lot like one of those WW2 low-risk sabotage manuals.
https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManual/page/n...
Pages 28-32 are the most referenced but the rest is interesting too.
> To ensure developers are context-switching, recompilation should take at least 20 seconds. I'm now wondering what languages and projects the author has worked on if they expect compilation to take less than 20 seconds. Maybe small-ish golang projects? I don't remember the last time I worked on something interesting where recompilation was always under a minute...
A lot of toxic negativity in that post. Sure bad engineers exist, but you know what is even worse than the -10x engineer: the contagious jerk. https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/studies-being-a-jerk-is... Yep being an asshole spreads like a disease within organizations. Avoid these guys like the plague.