Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer
by dinkumthinkum on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @09:08PM
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Stuck to his guns? This is very naive and is really not a good criticism whatsoever. On some level, putting yourself into a position where you have to be, as another commenter wrote, Sisyphus, is probably something to regret in itself late in your career.
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He didn't realize the other guy hadn't committed code in two years? He simply didn't care enough to do a good job.
My guess is that this fellow felt like his having set aside his leadership position in a role should simultaneously have given him instant authority and at the same time allowed him to shrug and ignore problems he saw but wash"the directly responsible for.