software engineer
also referred to as: software engineers
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 13, 2020 by John Samuelson · across every show →
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Oct 13, 2020
Engineering tool purchasing power sits with directors, not developers
“Most software engineers are not the person that can swipe the credit card and engineering managers can, but we see it sometimes usually goes up to directors of engineering that are usually like, yep, I approve because they usually own a budget.”
Apr 4, 2023 negative
Walling: Single-stack engineers lose technical malleability after five years
“I don't know that if you've worked at a job for five or 10 years in the same technology, same code base, I don't know that you have that malleability. And so I think maybe that was an advantage that I had, having worked in so many code bases.”