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The under-performers and coasters just don’t read their code, in my experience thus far it’s been pretty transparent. PRs aren’t a perfect gate, but they’re one of the only ones we have right now, and it’s pretty clear who’s putting in the effort and who isn’t.
A thought I’ve been chewing on regarding this…. What if “what do we get out of this?” was built into the tool that we use? Something like a personal agent that you carry with you from job to job and that accumulates capabilities along with you? Getting exposure to more and different work could become something that you get a real, tangible benefit from.
I recently used clause code to help me learn nix + home-manager! For anyone considering it - it’s been fun, genuinely useful in my day to day, and I can’t recommend it enough - I now have a source controlled tool kit that I can take with me anywhere I go
2cents from a kid who grew up in a NASA family during the shuttle years - As others have commented, NASA’s baseline objective is to not kill astronauts. My understanding of their ethos growing up was that there was absolutely no excuse not to pursue excellence and prioritize safety when people’s lives were on the line. One would have to think that goal is fundamentally incompatible with SpaceX’s way of doing things (see the many exploding rockets - who wants to get in that?). And from what I’ve read and heard through the grapevine, working with SpaceX as a contractor on Artemis has certainly had pain points related to these mismatched priorities.
We all know the value of a project like Voyager - if the US government fails to support it and it puts the mission at risk, do any pathways exist for this to become a publicly stewarded project? Have there been any other major government projects that have transitioned to either private or public ownership?
Yep, it’s all totally pointless so why bother thinking and dreaming of a way out, right? Even if the ideas in this post are a little unrealistic in the face of modern convenience, it’s productive to talk about it. Is there something else we should be doing instead?