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by yen223 4898 days ago
Laziness in itself is not a virtue.

When programmers say we want 'lazy' people, what we really want are 'efficient' people. People who can get more stuff done with less effort, not people who aren't even willing to put in that effort. Some would argue that lazy people will find ways to do more for less; I would argue that a smart, hardworking person will do the same.

In that sense, lazy people are like what woodchuck64 describes.

1 comments

You are doing the same thing as woodchuck64.

The meaning in keithwarren's comment is clear enough, right up until the point you over-parse it and quibble over the exact definition of lazy.