Rambling

Posted Feb 13, 2025 10:16 UTC (Thu) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: Rambling by LtWorf
Parent article: Resistance to Rust abstractions for DMA mapping

> Sure you can try. But the chances of you succeeding to do that are really slim.

Is the guy a genius? Or is he a liability? Or is he both and which one outweighs the other? Managers are paid megabucks to make that decision (and if they take the money and don't do it, THEY are the liability ...).

But you pays your money and you makes your choice. I've actively declined (or pushed the manager for that decision) to hire somebody who was extremely capable. Because I (and everybody else) thought he would be a personal liability despite being clearly a technical genius.

Cheers,
Wol

Rambling

Posted Feb 13, 2025 16:04 UTC (Thu) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link]

Don't take this the wrong way but given the amount and content of comments you post here, I think in your team you're most likely to be the most hard to deal with.