![]() When the only people affected by a problem are people who have already spent their money or people who have no autonomy it's unlikely the decision makers will decide to investigate and fix it. ![]() This thinking implies nothing is worth doing unless it has a clearly articulable direct business value whereas a lot of technical debt simply doesn't. Perhaps they should've held their nose and tried to learn about their product so they can understand and communicate that bigger picture they speak of instead of abdicating their adversarial role and leaving dev teams rudderless. Sounds like those super-clever managers didn't understand what the hell was going on to me. Those same developers will happily spend months fiddling with the system without making any actual improvements and call it “paying down technical debt”. They’re being run into the ground because those developers think technical NFRs as defined by them are the be all and end all. ![]() > I’ve worked around too many startups ruled by developers. Understanding the bigger picture includes understanding the developer's point of view. Why should society require we become the lord of our own domain or a political chameleon just so that we can advocate for decent standards? Should people who live on flood plains "just move" when the tide comes in? Ridiculous. This is the definition of a flippant comment. There is also the solution that you set up your own company, or convince your manager your time is best spent on this. ![]()
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