Why your programmers just want to code

Marcus Blankenship

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The Startup

4 min readApr 19, 2017

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When I interviewed Jamie for a position at ZenTech, he seemed like an enthusiastic engineer. With solid tech skills, ideas for process and product improvement, and a great team attitude, he was the obvious choice.

But, two years later, Jamie was “that guy”. You know, the one who wants to code without being bothered.

Marcus Blankenship

Written by Marcus Blankenship

Writer for

The Startup

Hacker, Problem Solver, Calvinist, Geek. Author of Habits That Harm Your Technical Team. http://bit.ly/2HcjV8Z

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