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Working on products people hate (www.seangoedecke.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/programming@programming.dev
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If I were a better developer, would I have worked on more products people love? No. Even granting that good software always makes a well-loved product, big-company software is made by teams, and teams are shaped by incentives.

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[–] 8 points 4 months ago

A distinct lack of integrity. I've avoided jobs for companies who I know build nasty stuff. I don't want that on my conscience. If I'm semi-competent at my job, I'd be enabling the acceleration of that.

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