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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by kayodelycaon on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:14PM (#31922196)
Sorry, I should have clarified, they are developers that quickly do 80% of the work and move to the next thing.

They are often quite intelligent and very productive, but aren't inclined to think a problem through to completion.

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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by bmitc on Thursday June 30, 2022 @10:27AM (#31932742)
Gotcha, and no worries! That makes perfect sense. I was just calling it out that I wasn't for sure to ward off inadvertently supporting or commenting on something I wasn't sure about.
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