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Bad code isn't Technical Debt, it's an unhedged Call Option (2010)
- richmarr 11y agoTrouble is, "unhedged call option" will result in a blank stare from anyone who doesn't work in banking. > He realised that the problem with the “Technical Debt” metaphor is that for managers debt can be a good thing This attitude gets my goat. Technical debt is a strategy that contributes directly to the success of young companies. If you don't share that goal with your manager then he/she should fire you. Some managers pressure devs into cutting corners for other reasons, but I'd argue that unless some kind of evaluation has been made of both (a) the cost and (b) the value of that shortcut then it isn't technical debt, it's just ignorance (and probably poor communication).