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Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by sliverstorm on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:12AM (#9810031)
In general, you can expect all the good ambitious people to leave.

Do the good ambitious people never realize that they won't actually accomplish anything worthwhile if they never stick around more than a year or two?

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Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by droopyEyelids on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:35AM (#9810101)
I agree with that. Anyone who is actually good and ambitions would never realize that because they know it isn't true.
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Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by sliverstorm on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @01:49AM (#9810267)
Maybe I am overstating a little, but all the works we see as great required staying power. Apollo was a ten year program. The Manhattan Project took 6 years to develop the bomb. Firefox took 2 years to exit beta, and the iPod took several years to pick up steam. and Tesla has been going 12 years, Space X 13.

It's not that you achieve nothing in a year tenure, but can you really accomplish anything great? Can you think of any good examples of people who showed up January 1st, changed the world, and left by Christmas?

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Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by dmichulke on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @07:54AM (#9811248)
If all long projects were great you would be right, unfortunately duration as a predictor does not positively contribute to greatness.
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Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by x0x0 on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @02:23AM (#9810281)
chrome v8 was built in 2 years: 2006 to release in 2008
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Re:The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise by CyberDildonics on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @10:07AM (#9811872)
Accomplish for whom is the question.
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