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Re:The Nonsense of 10X Developers and GitHub as a CV by jeremiep on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:20PM (#8633652)
> I was a 4x-5x programmer at my last position relative to my co-workers.

Somehow I have a hard time believing anyone who judges their own skills themselves. Dunning-Kruger comes to mind. Especially when being fired after barely 3 months.

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Re:The Nonsense of 10X Developers and GitHub as a CV by artmageddon on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @08:23PM (#8633870)
> Especially when being fired after barely 3 months.

The parent mentioned 3 months notice prior to taking holiday/vacation, not 3 months of employment.

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Re:The Nonsense of 10X Developers and GitHub as a CV by GFK_of_xmaspast on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:33PM (#8633714)
Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. In my experience you gotta really stink it up to get fired in this industry.
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