• FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Fake for any of those wondering.

    But keeping employees based on how many lines of code they have written, which he did, is essentially the same logic.

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      11 months ago

      Ernest Hemingway was paid by the word, which shows in his work. I imagine this pay structure would have a similar effect on how people code.

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      11 months ago

      I would do so poorly there, in many ways …. I love those days when my lines of code is negative

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        There are 2 things in coding that are incredibly satisfying for me:

        1. Compiling after implementing a fuckton of features

        2. Deleting a massive amount of code after refactoring for a while