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Surefire Ways To Lose A Great Software Engineer

11 pointsby gershwinover 11 years ago

2 comments

username317over 11 years ago
#1 made me laugh. It describes most of my days and is definitely one of the reasons I'm considering leaving. I love when my manager is out of town for business or on vacation. I get to actually think for more than 30 minutes at a time.
mobiuscogover 11 years ago
I can agree with all of those points except for #4. Whilst this may apply within the &#x27;web&#x27; scope, most software development (especially qualifying for &#x27;engineering&#x27;) requires longer timescales.<p>Quality takes time and anyone seriously invested in that will likely want to take their time to get it right, rather than require instant gratification of getting it &#x27;out there&#x27;.