Re:Different Types of Developers You’re Likely to Find
by yowlingcat on Friday November 06, 2020 @12:21PM
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I think it might be one of those "all press is good press" PR strategies centered around manufacturing controversy. It's a shame how effective that is. I'd like to say that hopefully, prospective customers will see how absurd it is, but I think that this kind of oversimplistic biz-pop-psychology tripe gets really easily embedded. I think that using the equivalent of a horoscope to reason about your product engineering organization seems predestined to end in hilarity, unexpected consequences and obvious failure.
Re:Different Types of Developers You’re Likely to Find
by polotics on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:29PM
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Indeed this has all the characteristics of a promotional listicle like you'd find on many content churners sites. This belongs on clickhole.com or maybe the onion's crew needs to seize the day and create hackerhole.com, now!!!
I’m confused, because it starts by extolling the need for a “balanced team” then immediately paints “good” developers as all having the same characteristics (like being competitive).
I got a good laugh at “we don’t have any average developers here”. In my experience, the trait that most reliably predicts overall bad engineering culture at a company is ego.