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Re:Hire me and pay what you want, just give me interesting work by slingnow on Monday April 19, 2021 @02:04PM (#26866046)
I think you're taking a very black and white view of this.

For example, ANY shop, of ANY size, is going to have issues with tricky-but-hard-to-reproduce bugs. The parent comment is highlighting the fact that they can't be sure if this sort of prima donna is going to be willing to run that issue to ground, or if they'll put up a stink about it being "boring".

Additionally, even if this person were working for free, there's a definite cost to foisting difficult bugs on your teammates.

Do you honestly believe only "cogs in a machine" should be / would be interested in fixing that sort of issue?

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Re:Hire me and pay what you want, just give me interesting work by plutonorm on Monday April 19, 2021 @02:44PM (#26866481)
"Do you honestly believe only "cogs in a machine" should be / would be interested in fixing that sort of issue?"

No but there are many types of people for whom it has no motivational value. Like they'd rather watch paint dry.

And that's their personality not something that can just be worked around.

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