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It's a metaphor and it can definitely be taken too far. One of the abuses I don't care for is the notion that Technical Debt can be quantified and calculated fo
by michaelfeathers 10y ago
It's a metaphor and it can definitely be taken too far. One of the abuses I don't care for is the notion that Technical Debt can be quantified and calculated for a code base. That's wrong in a number of different ways.
- OpenDrapery 10y agoAgreed. It's another instance of making a tech to finance analogy that just doesn't hold up. It's really nice when you can just put a number on something. And it really sucks when you can't, but that doesn't prevent people from trying. Why does the sales guy get to go play golf after closing a big deal? And yet the developer still has to show up and sit in his seat after he performs some equivalent wizardry? Because the sales guy's effort has a number attached to it, that's why.