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Delivering value is taken as read, everyone understands that if you’re not delivering value then the company’s not making a profit, and so they won’t have any money to pay you. If you want value you need to make sure not only that you understand what you’re doing but the guy who needs you to do it, or the people who need you to do, do too.

I found another job with an investment bank - after about a month and a half there they told me that they were letting me go. A number of people were being let go at the time from their contract, but they told me they were doing it because I didn’t test my code thoroughly enough. I was a bit angry about that at the time, because I thought that I did test my code. I know I test my code and I was one of the better people on that project in terms of just getting things tested. But I also took ownership of more bugs than anybody else. I was the only person on the team that was unit testing. I’ve