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conrstoday at 6:11 PM2 repliesview on HN

Love this post. Surprisingly controversial; it hasn't made me very many engineering friends.


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andaitoday at 6:13 PM

It's bad for building your resume. Managers and employees are rewarded for popular thing. Popularity is mostly a function of novelty. So the (social and therefore economic) incentive structure is inversely correlated with choosing boring technology.

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simonwtoday at 7:00 PM

Yeah, it's pretty unpopular among people who like to try out new technology on every given project.

I've found it extremely useful over the years, personally.