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Re:Cognitive Biases in Software Development by commandlinefan on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @10:14AM (#22737697)
> If you are getting paid a lot it means you must be valuable, no?

And if you actually are experienced and try to offer a newcomer some guidance in writing code that they won't regret having written a year from now, they'll accuse you of being a "perfectionist" who's wasting time trying to obtain some theoretical optimization.

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Re:Cognitive Biases in Software Development by pythonaut_16 on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @11:50AM (#22738724)
Unfortunately that mentality isn't limited only to newcomers. There are plenty of developers with many years of experience who still practice that same short sightedness.
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