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0 pointslumost6y ago0 comments

It's worthwhile to interview the people you've worked with as they change over time, usually for the better with Junior Engineers becoming Senior or Principal Engineers, DBAs becoming engineers etc. But sometimes a long stint in management or getting stuck in KTLO hell for a few years can dull technical skills.

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renewiltord6y ago

That's a fair point. Perhaps this is what people are talking about the conversations over lunch. I find it hard to believe that someone who wants to work as an IC and knows you would try to do that knowing their skills had dulled.

The shame of failing someone who trusted you to deliver would be too much!

redis_mlc6y ago

> DBAs becoming engineers

Excuse me. Most of the top DBAs in Silicon Valley are former C programmers who probably are better programmers than you.

I wish programmers would get over themselves. I've met CTOs who didn't know EXPLAIN. So who's the real engineer?

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