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What can strong engineers do that weak engineers can't?

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One way to tell a weak engineer in a discussion thread about some problem is to see who is bringing in specific facts about how the system currently works, and who is making purely general recommendations that could apply to any system. If their messages could all be public tweets, they’re probably not adding much value.

Eli Grubb
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Eli Grubb
I am a privacy-oriented software engineer with a strong foundation in applied cryptography, reliable data systems, and secure system design.