Comment by swebs
7 years ago
I know this is only tangentially related, but could you verify the famous HN post by an anonymous Windows kernel developer explaining why Windows is so much slower than Linux
http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-w...
It's one of the most insightful posts I've seen on this site, and if true, would certainly help to explain why Windows is so much worse than other operating systems :)
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20341933.
Interesting read, but I think the author is somewhat jaded.
> We fill headcount with nine-to-five-with-kids types,
What is wrong with having a life outside of work? Or children and responsibilities? Does anyone believe these make for worse engineers? It's not even legal for companies to force parents out of their workforce.
He later clarified:
> P.S. I have no problem with family people, and want to retract the offhand comment I made about them. I work with many awesome colleagues who happen to have children at home. What I really meant to say is that I don't like people who see what we do as more of a job than a passion, and it feels like we have a lot of these people these days. Maybe everyone does, though, or maybe I'm just completely wrong.
It's probably somewhat preferable to the company that the employee sees their job as their entire purpose in life, but realistically most people beyond their 20s do not stay in that state of mind and an experienced 40 year old "9-5 with kids" probably brings some benefits to the team that the "fully committed" 28 year old with no extracurricular interests does not.