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Re:What software engineers can learn from the rapid collapse... by nicd on Friday April 08, 2022 @04:33AM (#30954683)
Someone who plays it "fast and loose" in terms of engineering (for example, deploying straight to prod). As parent mentions- this isn't necessarily a bad thing depending on the context (but "cowboy" here has a negative connotation).
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Re:What software engineers can learn from the rapid collapse... by strikelaserclaw on Friday April 08, 2022 @12:30PM (#30959204)
oof, i described myself as a cowboy at a interview i did last year to a higher up, no wonder i didn't get the job even though i did well on their technical exams. I always took cowboy coder to mean someone who had independence and resilience to get things done even if the environment isn't conducive towards that.
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