Three programmers got fired, including me, due to a single app crash

Re:Three programmers got fired, including me, due to a singl... by an_opabinia on Sunday July 11, 2021 @12:54PM (#27802488)

I'm not sure why this is being downvoted. There's no evidence that the kind of instruction that e.g. Facebook gives its junior developers is meaningful for performance on average. However I bet hiring from top universities is definitely meaningful for performance on average.

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Re:Three programmers got fired, including me, due to a singl... by cortesoft on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:02PM (#27802573)

It isn't the instruction on the job that is important, it is the experience of actually doing things in anger

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Re:Three programmers got fired, including me, due to a singl... by gbear605 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @03:33PM (#27803943)

A junior developer is going to have a lot of blind spots because of unknown unknowns. A team with both talented junior developers and experienced senior developers can utilize the raw ability of the junior devs while having the senior devs cover the blindspots. A team with only talented junior devs will likely make some great things but they’ll also wind up having crucial problems that will only late into the project.

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Re:Three programmers got fired, including me, due to a singl... by rejectedandsad on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:50PM (#27803019)

This is probably true, top university admissions is a function of innate ability, and programming is too apparently.

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