> B works on an out-of-date version of the code to make a change, and then follo...

		burntoutfire on Dec 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My worst tech interview experience > B works on an out-of-date version of the code to make a change, and then follows the Wiki instructions for getting a fresh checkout (which pulls the latest baseline) and then just copies their previously changed files into the new checkout. Do people like that ever make it into Google, Facebook etc. or is it purely a hypothetical?

They do, we had plenty of dead weight at Google, usually acquihires.