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Re:The software industry's greatest sin: hiring by christophilus on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:19AM (#22832264)
I’ve seen this, too, at a number of places I’ve worked. Pointing it out always gets you downvoted (or whatever the real life equivalent is).
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Re:The software industry's greatest sin: hiring by Glide on Friday April 10, 2020 @09:16AM (#22832682)
Committing a Career Limiting Move?
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Re:The software industry's greatest sin: hiring by alp10 on Friday April 10, 2020 @09:23AM (#22832723)
Yep, or to state it in AnimalFarm terms:

If cardinality(pigs + sheep) > cardinality(work horses), the truth will be downvoted.

In software, the work horses need to be more proactive and not give up what is theirs.

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