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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by coryrc on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @06:18PM (#34332867)
"No" SWE ever got promoted for documenting someone else's code. Follow the incentives.
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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by sublinear on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @07:59PM (#34333636)
Huh?

Documenting a terrible project is an excellent way to propose and volunteer yourself into a new project of your own design and ultimately get promoted into lead/architect/SME types of roles. I don't know anyone who has done it any other way.

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Re:Theory-building and why employee churn is lethal to softw... by nullsense on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @12:57AM (#34335491)
Yeah I've done this too.
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