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And I would love to see the "developers" who stomp their foot and say they're not going to fix bugs because that's maintenance shown the door. Yes, this happen
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
And I would love to see the "developers" who stomp their foot and say they're not going to fix bugs because that's maintenance shown the door.
Yes, this happens and yes it is very immature.
- TheAceOfHearts 10y agoPresumably you'd want to strike a balance. I know I'd find a job rather dull if all I were doing was fixing bugs. Fixing bugs is very important, but I don't think it's unreasonable to ask for a a reasonably diverse workload.
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoWhich is what I'm talking about. These people only want to write "new" code. Only. They don't want to fix ANY bugs. It's "beneath" them.
- sidlls 10y agoNo doubt. I've even encountered somebody who stomped his feet and said they weren't going to write test code for QA because that was beneath them. I think that's because the entire industry devalues both QA/testing and maintenance. Even in places that aren't the Valley these two roles are given a lower social status than other developer roles. The budgets and recognition for teams in both domains is typically much smaller than others, and QA especially is usually among the first on the chopping block during a retrenchment. We as a whole have made these roles seem less valuable and less values, so to me it's not surprising that folks don't want to do them.