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This generally won't work for straight forward game theoretic reasons. Boss thinks you're slow->boss brings on h1b consultant willing to pump out spaghetti code and toady up to him->you looking for a new job. Organizations get what they ask for

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The boss doesn't have to think you're slow. You could... gasp... be good at your job.

Being good at your job won't magically make you fast at fixing up other people's spaghetti code. It won't let you ship 3 working features faster than someone else who's also "good" at their job ship 6 mostly broken features. It won't convince your manager that the former is actually getting more work done than the latter, and won't prevent them from thinking the first guy is slow and the second guy is fast.

But for what it's worth, I agree with you in that I'm still on the hook. Either to help educate my manager, or to pick managers who already understand this stuff.

I can tell you're upset, Vince, so I'll be the one to end this discussion.

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