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Roman Sedykh • Edited

Read this dev.to/rsedykh/comment/c2gl.

Though there are two kinds of underperforming:

  • lack of experience
  • lack of motivation

If you see a lack of experience — you can guide a person towards the right solutions with some micro-management (breaking up code architecture for him, etc). But if it's lack of motivation — fire, you can't help it.

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Jaimie Carter

Yeah, that's good advice. I'm seeing the 'fire fast' theme appear all the time as I lean more about this industry. It's tricky though, it's a small world. Thanks for the reply.

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Roman Sedykh

Firing fast is about trusting your instincts and taking responsibility. It's way easier to wait for months and make sure that you are right to fire the person when you see the damage. But, still, the damage might kill you.

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Jaimie Carter

Yeah. Good point.