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		Joel_Mckay on Oct 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On Good Software Engineers Process people can't resist trying to optimize things they superficially comprehend. When business ops tries to define how engineers with decades of experience should solve problems, it is usually a conversation with a firm heading for failure. Smart people usually just quickly leave a doomed project... =3

opentokix on Oct 28, 2024 | [–]

This is so profound, I need a t-shirt

"Process people can't resist trying to optimize things they superficially comprehend."

earthnail on Oct 28, 2024 | [–]

> Process people can't resist trying to optimize things they superficially comprehend.

Wow, I don't think I ever heard it summarised so well. I cannot agree more with this statement.

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