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		acedTrex 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In praise of “normal” engineers > The best engineering orgs are the ones where normal engineers can do great work I quite like this. It is absolutely true as well, not all teams can be 100% rockstars. How well do you enable the average dev to be good, maybe not GREAT but good and reliable.

lizardking 6 months ago [–]

Most great engineers were once good engineers. A healthy engineering organization helps its engineers on this path.

spimmy 6 months ago | [–]

yes! love this. and many great engineers will go back to being "good engineers" as they pick up new skills. rinse and repeat++

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