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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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[–] 2 points 4 months ago

People who find success can, sometimes, become arrogant and become blind to other factors contributing to their success. Just enough failure can keep you humble. Pretty typical human reactions.

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