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FDEs tend to write code that gets the job done fast, which usually means – politely – technical debt and hacky workarounds. PD engineers write software that scales cleanly, works for multiple use cases, and doesn’t break. One of the key ‘secrets’ of the company is that generating deep, sustaining enterprise value requires both. BD engineers tend to... See more
Nabeel S. Qureshi • Reflections on Palantir
The Superhuman Product/Market Fit Engine
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Fostering a total-system, user-oriented attitude may well be the most important function of the programming manager.
Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition, The: Essays On Software Engineering
But with the rise of industrialization there are fewer and fewer craftsmen. One of the biggest remaining groups is computer programmers.
Paul Graham • Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
Dean Becker, the CEO of Adaptiv Learning Systems, has been researching and developing
Paul Jarvis • Company Of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business
One of the most dangerous transitions that a company makes is going from fewer than ten team members to more than twenty in a short time. During this time, communication and productivity usually break down. The system of group organization that existed when the company was all sitting in the same room together suddenly no longer works when team mem
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