Re:How to Make Other Developers Hate to Work with You
by pnutjam on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:20PM
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In many offices, mere competency makes you the default expert.
Re:How to Make Other Developers Hate to Work with You
by mgkimsal on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:26AM
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Sure. Was just pushing back on the "don't settle for jack-of-all-trades - become the expert". Well... that's a never-ending goal. Perhaps I want to be an expert jack-of-all-trades?
I can't be the expert in all things, or even most things I want to be. There's simply not enough time - people with 10 years of experience on me will always be 10 years ahead - and usually that means there's more 'expert' than me on XYZ (not always, time != expertise exactly, but it's often an signal).
Re:How to Make Other Developers Hate to Work with You
by jcranberry on Monday February 25, 2019 @08:38PM
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Enough to produce something maintainable, that you can be proud of
Expert in what? There will always be people "more expert" than me in any particular domain (specific tech, hobbies, whatever). At some point, there's diminishing returns in becoming 'expert' in things you don't need to be an expert in, when "competence" is enough.