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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by greenchair on Monday February 17, 2025 @12:49PM (#43081504)
exactly..which is also why lines of code written is one of if not the worst possible metric of productivity. easy to game too.
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Re:You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a leg... by escapecharacter on Monday February 17, 2025 @01:17PM (#43081776)
I marked my transition to senior engineer when my net lines of code flipped to negative.

Not that I game that obviously, it just occurred naturally for a ~4 month period

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