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		christophilus on April 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The software industry's greatest sin: hiring I’ve seen this, too, at a number of places I’ve worked. Pointing it out always gets you downvoted (or whatever the real life equivalent is).

Glide on April 10, 2020 | [–]

Committing a Career Limiting Move?

alp10 on April 10, 2020 | [–]

Yep, or to state it in AnimalFarm terms:

If cardinality(pigs + sheep) > cardinality(work horses), the truth will be downvoted.

In software, the work horses need to be more proactive and not give up what is theirs.

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