if you find someone meeting the criteria in the 10x engineers thread that's getting ratioed, what you have found is someone with severe undiagnosed adult ADHD who has learned to use software development as a coping pattern for it
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you can definitely use this to get a lot of good code and a lot of good troubleshooting out of them. you largely won't be able to get the code you *want*, but you might be able to use the code you get. unless you really struck it rich you're also not gonna get very good tests
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which is part of why they're so good at troubleshooting: practice. they'll break shit a lot, but they'll also fix it crazy fast, so that'll go pretty well unless you have actual, like, clients who might get upset if your shit breaks randomly all the time
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which goes to how if you ever want to mature your organization, you have the choice of 1) making excuses for them to clients all the time and fielding the morale impact on more stable employees who want to know why this asshole gets to act like a prima donna, or...
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2) them leaving or getting fired when your process and standards stop them from using their coping patterns one time too many, or 3) them changing their behavior, which they won't do unless they're very unusually well-prepared emotionally for self-examination
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if they do change their behavior, it'll absolutely suck for you and them both for quite a while. you won't be getting the benefits you've gotten used to getting from them or the new benefits you want, and they'll be painfully developing new coping patterns, which always blows
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so, y'know, enjoy your new high-productivity basket case, good luck and have fun
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Replying to @chaosprime
As someone who A. meets the criteria in the 10x engineer thread and B. probably has severe undiagnosed ADHD, I find this thread quite accurate and possibly even a little helpful.
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