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"We’re not paid to write code, we’re paid to add value (or reduce cost) to the business" I'm curious to know how many companies Brian has worked for as a softw
by japanese_donald 10y ago
"We’re not paid to write code, we’re paid to add value (or reduce cost) to the business"
I'm curious to know how many companies Brian has worked for as a software engineer. The majority of the places where I've worked just want you to code. They don't really care about adding value and just want the job done as quickly as possible so customers aren't upset (usually because the sales team promised a feature that should take 2 months in 2 weeks).
It's the main reason I quit and started my own company. I was tired of getting into battles with management over the well-being of their own code base and I was tried of being forced to write terrible and hacky code.
- clifanatic 10y ago> They don't really care about adding value They also want you _doing_ something every hour of every day - and learning/studying/researching/prototyping/experimenting/refactoring/migrating doesn't count as _doing_ anything, because there's no "business driver" behind it. So you have to invent things to do because there's going to be a daily standup at 8 AM tomorrow morning where management engages in the daily "who can I fire because _I_ have to _do_ something, and firing somebody is something" ritual.