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Ask HN: The three kinds of engineers throughout a company's life

5 points by vqc 7 years ago · 3 comments · 1 min read


I'm trying to find an article (and related comments) that I could have sworn I originally saw on HN. I've tried HN search to no success.

From what I remember, it described the three(?) types of engineers that are needed at a company throughout the company's lifetime of startup, growth, mature. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

nostrademons 7 years ago

It's originally from the book Accidental Empires, but you probably read the summary on CodingHorror:

https://blog.codinghorror.com/commandos-infantry-and-police/

  • vqcOP 7 years ago

    This is not the exact post I was thinking of, but the one I'm thinking of is definitely an extension of this one. Having this post by jeff will definitely help me on my search. Thanks!

kevinherron 7 years ago

This one? https://steveblank.com/2018/11/13/its-not-change-you-fear-it...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18441804

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