Ask HN: The three kinds of engineers throughout a company's life

I'm trying to find an article (and related comments) that I could have sworn I originally saw on HN. I've tried HN search to no success.

From what I remember, it described the three(?) types of engineers that are needed at a company throughout the company's lifetime of startup, growth, mature. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

5 points | by vqc 1984 days ago

2 comments

nostrademons 1984 days ago
It's originally from the book Accidental Empires, but you probably read the summary on CodingHorror:
https://blog.codinghorror.com/commandos-infantry-and-police/
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- vqc 1984 days ago
  This is not the exact post I was thinking of, but the one I'm thinking of is definitely an extension of this one. Having this post by jeff will definitely help me on my search. Thanks!
kevinherron 1984 days ago
This one? https://steveblank.com/2018/11/13/its-not-change-you-fear-it...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18441804