Re:Tobias Lutke still writes code for Shopify
by jes5199 on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:31AM
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I don’t know about Shopify specifically, but in general I think this is a red flag. Are you going to be able to leave honest feedback on your CEO’s PR? can your CEO run a company and also continue to keep up with best practices for your language/tooling? Will your CEO go along with code style consensus, when he/she hasn’t had time to participate in any of the conversations?
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Re:Tobias Lutke still writes code for Shopify
by naskwo on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:36AM
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Check out "No Rules Rules" by Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer. If you can't leave (constructive) feedback/criticism to your CEO, you're working at a sick company.
Re:Tobias Lutke still writes code for Shopify
by cocochanel on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:45AM
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Yes, a high school intern did that actually - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20490964
Re:Tobias Lutke still writes code for Shopify
by intellirogue on Friday November 06, 2020 @05:31AM
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Have worked in a couple of jobs where the CEO or CTO still raised PRs, and they were really treated no differently. There was definitely a lot of code style changes requested, because as you say that knowledge might be out-of-date.
I suspect it might be cultural - I've definitely got the impression that in some countries CEOs see themselves as "gods" who should not be questioned by the minions.