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The Worst Programmer I Know (2023)

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Re: The Worst Programmer I Know (2023)

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Post by rvba »

hansmayer wrote: post #376
rvba wrote: post #374

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One does not need 20 years of programming experience to identify and fire a shitty employee that coasts by constantly asking others for help with their job. There are tons of bad programmers just like there are tons of people bad at other jobs. Those employees are often a net negative for the team by constantly wasting someone elses' time. On a side note, your constant whining about "MBAs" and "scrum masters"... it d…

No, please, instead of pointing out everything that is wrong in your reasoning: Please read a referent book about managing software development teams. For example "Peopleware", or "Dynamics of Software Development". Both a bit older, but valuable classics. The second one actually written by a relatively less technical author, a product manager at Microsoft. Maybe then you'll understand a bit more. By the way - I am n…

Well, since you cant point out anything, you point out some random books.

I will point out something else: get tested for schizophrenia.

Re: The Worst Programmer I Know (2023)

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Post by hansmayer »

rvba wrote: post #381
hansmayer wrote: post #376

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, please, instead of pointing out everything that is wrong in your reasoning: Please read a referent book about managing software development teams. For example "Peopleware", or "Dynamics of Software Development". Both a bit older, but valuable classics. The second one actually written by a relatively less technical author, a product manager at Microsoft. Maybe then you'll understand a bit more. By the way - I am n…

Well, since you cant point out anything, you point out some random books. I will point out something else: get tested for schizophrenia.

Random books, schizophrenia? I am the one not pointing out anything? Perhaps read your own replies slowly and reflect again :) I won´t dispute your medical competence, as I don´t have any and you seem to be an expert obviously, but for your own good, the two books are classics in their category, which you´d know if you approached your managerial duties with a tiny bit of sense of responsibility towards self-development.

Re: The Worst Programmer I Know (2023)

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Post by guappa »

ArthurStacks wrote: post #233

In my company I would have told him to start doing some work and getting stories delivered or he's gone. Yes, he's being useful in assisting others but I can easily find someone who can do that and their own work at the same time. He doesnt need to be sat there with others the whole time. What is likely going on there is Tim is playing his boss, playing up his pairing role and its benefits in order to sit being idle…

You still employ developers? You said AI made them irrelevant.

Re: The Worst Programmer I Know (2023)

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Post by throwanem »

rsynnott wrote: post #193
throwanem wrote: post #53

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In a few of those companies, so also is the job.

I think that’s overly cynical. It should always be part of the job (except in places where title inflation has hit the level that it really doesn’t mean anything at all) and usually is.

I agree that it's cynical. Excessively so? You see a hell of a lot in twenty-plus years.
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