> quantitative managers asking for promises of real profit before committing to cleaning up technical debt I obviously can't speak for your experience in havin

> quantitative managers asking for promises of real profit before committing to cleaning up technical debt I obviously can't speak for your experience in having these discussions, but I've found that the "debt" metaphor is extremely helpful in explaining this value to the business side (and, having worked in finance, it's actually more appropriately referred to as an unhedged call option which is much worse[1]). 1: http://higherorderlogic.com/2010/07/bad-code-isnt-technical-debt-its-an-unhedged-call-option/ http://higherorderlogic.com/2010/07/bad-code-isnt-technical-...