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I think an open minded boss (assuming his hands aren't tied by someone above him) would entertain Lisp for a pilot or internal project if: 1) you could show go
by pchristensen 19y ago
I think an open minded boss (assuming his hands aren't tied by someone above him) would entertain Lisp for a pilot or internal project if:
1) you could show good examples of successful projects done by comparable teams
2) you could demonstrate the ability to hire/train people to develop/maintain it
Am I being too optimistic? I put in lots of qualifiers to make it more realistic.
- mixmax 19y ago>assuming his hands aren't tied by someone above him That is probably often the problem. Also since nowadays almost all software has to interface with other software there is probably a case of Nash equilibrium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium (this other software we have to talk to is written in java, so let's write this piece of software in java too)
- geebee 19y agoEh, maybe. If the Lisp programmers are truly talented, and this is truly a contrarian play, then you might have to let go of the comparable project/team requirement. As for hiring people to develop and maintain... well, this is probably why it doesn't work for the usual boss/employee relationship. The employee may quit a job. But if the employee is a founder or has tons and tons of equity, he'd be quitting on himself. He will go to the mat to save the company. He will bust a vessel in his eye before he'll let it fail. Yes, he may end up sprawled out on the mat with a broken eye vessel, but that's the price of freedom, right? ;)