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> "fill as many seats with bodies as you can, win the contract, and charge by the hour" THIS MAN knows what he's talking about. I wish more people would be awa
by vbtemp 11y ago
> "fill as many seats with bodies as you can, win the contract, and charge by the hour"
THIS MAN knows what he's talking about. I wish more people would be aware of this.
What's even more perverse? When contracts are awarded based on the above while factoring in "diversity points" - different minorities count for different numbers of points. I will leave it as an exercise to the reader to figure out what perversity follows.
- vippy 11y agoOh, you mean the preference for women, minorities, and veterans? Yeah, that's an interesting issue. It's great in theory, but in practice ends with quite a bit of additional bench stuffing to increase preference. And then to start a company and compete for contracts, even if you're a rockstar engineer who just happens to be white and a man, good luck competing against an 8A. It's hard to complain, because I see the value, but at the same time, UGH.
- vbtemp 11y agoQuite honestly, it creates a class of "tokens". They nominally have jobs, but their real job (for the sake of the company being awarded the contract) is to simply be a token. Certain minorities count for more than others.
- vippy 11y agoI definitely wouldn't go that far in describing the problem, but yes, there are issues with the model.