• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    That one feels too cruel. If you said that to some junior dev they’d likely do it… and probably in their free time.

    That said with fellow senior devs if someone suggests something completely off the wall I will occasionally respond with, essentially, prove it first.

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      1 year ago

      “It’s* better** to do things*** by this approach.”

      Always throw a spanner in there with:

      *: [citation needed]
      **: According to who exactly?
      ***: Please specify exact use cases

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      With a senior engineer it’s perfectly reasonable to just say “ok, implement it and let me know how it works.”

      Like the whole point is that they should be relatively independent and capable of taking ideas from paper to product.