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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[–] 2 points 4 months ago

Just to be clear: My reply was a (sarcastic but not inaccurate) summary of the attitude of the blog post.

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