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Re:What does a Principal Software Engineer do? by soheil on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:00PM (#29556712)
> when you encounter people that clearly suck at what they do, and they’re 1-2 levels above you

I think this is a logical contradiction. If there exists people that you are in a position to judge their competence you deserve to be in their position or higher, therefore it cannot be that they are 1-2 levels higher than you.

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Re:What does a Principal Software Engineer do? by burnished on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:30PM (#29558121)
Do people get what they deserve? It seems unclear. Therefor, no logical contradiction.

Logic is a great tool by the way, but unless you are applying it formally you might be better off not trying to invoke it casually.

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