Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by bongodongobob on Thursday February 27, 2025 @12:57PM
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I'd probably take 10x 1y experience. Where I'm at now, everyone has been with the company 10-40 years. They think the way they do things is the only way because they've never seen anything else. I have many stories similar to the parent. They are a decade behind in their monitoring tooling, if it even exists at all. It's so frustrating when you know there are better ways.
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Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by HPsquared on Thursday February 27, 2025 @01:15PM
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"10x1y" means someone did the same thing for 10 years with no change or personal development. The learning stopped after the first year which then repeated Groundhog Day style.
Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by bongodongobob on Thursday February 27, 2025 @01:17PM
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Ah, I misunderstood.
Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by lazystar on Thursday February 27, 2025 @05:04PM
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another term for the phenomena is the "expert beginner" trap.
Re:Distributed Systems Programming Has Stalled
by Nevermark on Thursday February 27, 2025 @05:05PM
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I see a dual. Between 10x1 workers and 1x10 workers working at 10x1 companies.
Either way, doing the same kinds of things, the same kind of ways, more than a few times, is an automation/tool/practice improvement opportunity lost.
I have yet to complete a single project I couldn't do much better, differently, if I were to do something similar again. Not everything is high creative, but software is such a complex balancing act/value terrain. Every project should deliver some new wisdom, however modest.