Sounds a like a tactical tornado, made me think of this paragraph:
“Almost every software development organization has at least one developer who takes tactical programming to the extreme: a tactical tornado. The tactical tornado is a prolific programmer who pumps out code far faster than others but works in a totally tactical fashion. When it comes to implementing a quick feature, nobody gets it done faster than the tactical tornado. In some organizations, management treats tactical tornadoes as heroes. However, tactical tornadoes leave behind a wake of destruction. They are rarely considered heroes by the engineers who must work with their code in the future. Typically, other engineers must clean up the messes left behind by the tactical tornado, which makes it appear that those engineers (who are the real heroes) are making slower progress than the tactical tornado.” - John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design
That paragraph uses the word tactictal a lot without explaning what "in a totally tactical fashion" means
This is profound and beautiful description. Thank you for sharing. Totally can relate to that. Been there, seen that.
too real
I have seen precisely zero consequences for these people because they usually leave after not too long and go somewhere else, sometimes for higher pay. The slower folks end up getting the worse code and no raises in exchange for comradery.
But also I have no idea how that situation arises unless the slower folks are just auto-approving PRs. You kind of did that to yourself if you let the new person get away with it.