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The senior engineer death spiral

285 points · 150 comments · nsavage

  1. ungreased0675 · · focus · HN ↗
    I didn’t understand this because of the stream-of-consciousness delivery.
    1. nchmy · · focus · HN ↗
      I concluded long ago that anyone who writes without capitalizing the first letter of their sentences is not worth paying attention to, due to some combination of hubris, delusion, etc...

      Combined with the inner monologue stream of consciousness style, and it is certain that this article is devoid of insight

      1. hollerith · · focus · HN ↗
        I don't mind as long as the author follow the other rules, and this author does: he capitalizes the word "I" and proper nouns, e.g., "Sunil".
        1. swiftcoder · · focus · HN ↗
          > proper nouns, e.g., "Sunil"

          it's kind of rude not to capitalise people's names, regardless of ones' stylistic preferences

          1. layer8 · · focus · HN ↗
            I also consider it rude to not capitalize the start of sentences.
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