Ask HN: advice for working with a bad programmer

Re:Ask HN: advice for working with a bad programmer by mattwritescode on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @10:23AM (#6052034)

Dont give them any responsibility, tell them there rubbish and generally dont be nice to them. Make sure you tell them the reason you are being horrible is because there crap at there job. It will do one of two things to them.

Either, make them leave, or make them want to improve themselves.

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Re:Ask HN: advice for working with a bad programmer by PencilAndPaper on Friday July 19, 2013 @12:28AM (#6068333)

Terrible advice! Stressing people out typically makes them less competent and more prone to error. Teenage passive aggressive drama rarely works well in the workplace... or life in general.

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Re:Ask HN: advice for working with a bad programmer by powatom on Tuesday July 16, 2013 @12:02PM (#6052743)

Or, this will be rightly construed as an inability to get along with your colleagues and you will be fired.

"Because he's bad at his job" is not a defence for any kind of abuse.

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