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The reality of working in tech: We're not hired to write code (2023)

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123 points foxfired | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 00:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.3s | source
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yawnxyz ◴[03 Apr 25 02:48 UTC] No.43564155[source]▶
if this was true, then leetcode wouldn't be the cost of admission?
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1. jimbob45 ◴[03 Apr 25 03:17 UTC] No.43564303[source]▶
The article’s argument was that the company was able to migrate away from his code quickly, so his code didn’t matter.

That’s…an argument. I think most developers, myself included, find the idea of migration to be almost impossible in many cases. The author handwaved that away too easily.