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Re:Ask HN: How to become a ridiculously good back end staff ... by quickthrower2 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:24PM (#28151465)
Unless being life support if what you want to be known for: the superhero that can work with shitty code bases and get results while improving them. Guess what most software company have: plenty of shitty but mission critical code!
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Re:Ask HN: How to become a ridiculously good back end staff ... by legerdemain on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:24AM (#28152291)
There's nothing as uniquely shitty as getting placed on a floundering project, being told it can't be allowed to fail, and then getting absolutely no staff or resources to prevent that from happening.
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