Its been a while so I'll start off slowly.... not strictly technical... but affects technical people
Perception is key here. For example if it takes you 1 minute to compile and deploy code to an application server, and someone else takes, say 5 minutes. Is the other person wasting time or are they just more deliberate in the way they do things.
I don't advocate wasting time at all, but the assumption is that everyone works at the same pace. Being a fairly impatient person myself, I find myself surprisingly understanding of the way that some people work, especially since I have been in similar situations. I guess understanding what we need to do and understanding how a person gets to a solution is linked in some way.
I guess running people down because they are slower than you is an easy way to vent, but the reality as I see it, is that you, yourself are lacking insight and empathy. The best of us fall prey to this often and being aware of it should always be something that helps keep us in check when criticising someone else.
Pace vs Money.... well if you are working faster and making more simple mistakes due to the fact that you assume you are working better at pace... does this not just slow down your real pace? I would much rather someone work in a deliberate manner and manage that known time, than work with someone that rushes about and slows you down in an unaccounted manner.
more philosophical than technical I know... but in some ways related...
As the saying goes: More haste, less Speed". Doing things correct the first time is faster than having to go back and fix what you missed the first time. It is the reason why using a process like TDD often increases the productivity of a developer.
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