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Re:A View of the Entire Netflix Stack by mentat on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @06:29PM (#10543474)
The levels are not seniority, they are an approach to learning and programming. Junior A level people are not the same as B level people. Hiring B level people to "just finish" what the A level people have done is an invitation to delays and failure.
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Re:A View of the Entire Netflix Stack by luizb on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @06:32PM (#10543500)
Can someone clarify what : - A level - B level - C level

are?

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Re:A View of the Entire Netflix Stack by scintill76 on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @06:39PM (#10543554)
The analogy apparently switched from "A" and "B" the grades/marks in school (hence "A for effort", where A is better than B), to something like the "A team" vs "B team", where the A-team is the elite performers and the B is not as good. Also "C-level" was not brought up until you, but it usually means executives. :)

Although, I see there is at least one person out there who has a concept of a "B-level manager" http://smallbusiness.chron.com/blevel-manager-35848.html so I am less sure about my reading of my grandparent comment.

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Re:A View of the Entire Netflix Stack by luizb on Tuesday November 10, 2015 @07:01PM (#10543678)
C-level, I meant executives :)
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