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		omginternets on Jan 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Strategies for working with engineers that... Are they young? This reeks of inexperience and hubris. Let them make a mistake and stay up a few nights in a row to fix it. The only way people like this will learn is when the consequences of their decisions affects their quality of life.

collyw on Jan 12, 2023 [–]

except it's everyone else that has to maintain the code that pays the price

omginternets on Jan 12, 2023 | [–]

That sounds like an organizational anti-pattern.

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