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If you ask the question: "Where do you fall on the spectrum of "Do it right" to "Get-R-Done"?" then do be aware that might be flipped back to you.

Certainly I wouldn't describe both ends of the spectrum with those words. Maybe "Hack it together" vs "Precisely assemble" is less judgemental



The thing is, a lot of people think they "do it right", even if they are coding without source control and releasing 1 time a year. So worried this won't tease out enough unless you drill down into what they are view as right.


This has also a lot of wiggle room. I'm not sure where I'd put myself, since it depends a lot on the situation. Do I have time to do the proper thing? Then I try to do it right and nice. Is it incredibly urgent to finish A, B, C and Z just exploded? I'd hack a solution for Z, get to (properly, hopefully...) solving A, B, C and hopefully next sprint we can properly fix Z for real.


The balance between expediency and careful design? "Hack it together" sounds kind of negative too.




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