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    7 months ago

    The cheap contractors who thought that documentation was a waste of time and that the code was “self documenting”.

    Unfortunately, there are expensive engineers who think the same 😦 I don’t know how they pass technical interviews or probationary periods.

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      7 months ago

      Definitely - hiring isn’t easy.

      But you’ll never get value for money from engineers who don’t care, and you have a 0% chance of a cheap contractor caring.

      Again - I don’t blame them. They shouldn’t care. The company clearly doesn’t respect them.

      But it’s a false economy.

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        Again - I don’t blame them. They shouldn’t care. The company clearly doesn’t respect them.

        True. Some people aren’t paid enough to care 👍

        But it’s a false economy.

        Is that a typo or a term I don’t know?

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          7 months ago

          Not a typo - a false economy is a decision that saves money in the short term but wastes more than it saves in the long term.

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            7 months ago

            Thank you, learned something new!

            Anti Commercial AI thingy

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