I remember finding a site (a design patterns repository page of all things) that explained the nuance of different people having different expected outcomes on different domains well.
But despite searching for it for years I haven't been able to find it again - web searches tend to be bad at finding things that you found before, again.
Anyway, this was described as the "movie producer pattern" (maybe it was director)
I remember it going something like this:
As opposed to the factory worker pattern which describes people who perform simple tasks that are straightforward and are easy to learn and perform and are hence interchangeable, it is more accurate to use the movie producer pattern.
A producer will have shown his or her abilities in a specific set of movies, each with a certain style and genre, which will lend credence to their ability to perform similar work in a similar genres. It's clear however that the specific director will make a large impact to the final movie and will have a personal touch.
For engineers, Susan, who has spent the last decade honing her skills on language VM implementations is expected to be an all around star resource, but would probably be a more trustworthy choice for more VM work as opposed to implementing a graphics engine or database.
(In analogy to a director with a string of science fiction movies who might not be the best choice for a romantic comedy)
But despite searching for it for years I haven't been able to find it again - web searches tend to be bad at finding things that you found before, again.
Anyway, this was described as the "movie producer pattern" (maybe it was director)
I remember it going something like this:
As opposed to the factory worker pattern which describes people who perform simple tasks that are straightforward and are easy to learn and perform and are hence interchangeable, it is more accurate to use the movie producer pattern.
A producer will have shown his or her abilities in a specific set of movies, each with a certain style and genre, which will lend credence to their ability to perform similar work in a similar genres. It's clear however that the specific director will make a large impact to the final movie and will have a personal touch.
For engineers, Susan, who has spent the last decade honing her skills on language VM implementations is expected to be an all around star resource, but would probably be a more trustworthy choice for more VM work as opposed to implementing a graphics engine or database.
(In analogy to a director with a string of science fiction movies who might not be the best choice for a romantic comedy)