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Until the spec changes.

The way I get around this is having a dsl no one but me sees that compiles to $lang of choice that everyone does.

Once it produced 20k lines of code in an afternoon. I didn't have to do any work for the next month and still was the top performer by commits.

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That definition of "top performer" bears scrutiny. Code is nearly always a liability, not an asset. 20k LoC, generated by a secret tool, sounds more like grounds for firing than promotion.

Or were you making a joke?

Have you worked at big brain dead corp inc?

Yep. But I never used being surrounded by nonsense as an excuse not to try to make things better.

I was getting paid $1,800 per day for three months to do whatever they told me. Does it pay more to do things your way?

If I was motivated by money I’d be on an entirely different career path.

That's nice for you. What would that path be?

Investment quant, usually. If a person wants to truly maximize dollar per hour.

Yes. In more ways than one, too.

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