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Ego-Driven Development

Talkat Craft Conference 2021 · 2021-06-02..06-04· [career-development, soft-skills]

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name:Michael Carducci

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video:https://youtu.be/uw-YlHIFlfc

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summary

Recalls two decades of war stories: an obfuscated SQL routine nicknamed carducci code that impressed peers but proved unmaintainable; a VB6 refactor that silently breaks production; an extreme project where a custom string type and hand‑inlined assembly optimization replaces VB6 for raw speed, ships successfully, then disappears in a source‑control migration; a migration that flips on disabled alerts and sends millions of texts. Concludes greatness equals outward value, not cleverness, and empathy and measurable impact matter more than technical showmanship.

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