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Engineers don't buy into it because it's not cool. Complex systems are cool. It goes back to the phrase "well-oiled machine". Swiss clocks. People standing arou
by freehunter 10y ago
Engineers don't buy into it because it's not cool. Complex systems are cool. It goes back to the phrase "well-oiled machine". Swiss clocks. People standing around a classic car with its hood open. A complex system of things working just perfectly is super cool, and fixing them when they break is a popular pastime.
- cookiecaper 10y agoYeah, this is what I'm getting at with the variety thing. I think that good talent tempers this tinkering impulse when a potential breakage could imperil production. They learn that as fun as complexity can be in the right context, having to lose a weekend staying awake until 5am on Saturday night/Sunday morning trying to fix something stupid cancels it out. Having a lab and doing experimental stuff is great, but choosing to stake your company's products on it should be a much weightier consideration. In practice, we see that this weight is apparently not felt by many.