this seems to happen even in engineering-focused start-ups. in the past i have actually sat down with the business folks and talked about how the lack of focus

this seems to happen even in engineering-focused start-ups. in the past i have actually sat down with the business folks and talked about how the lack of focus is affecting product quality which directly affects revenue. not to mention what it does to moral when you feel like what you are working on today will most likely just be thrown out tomorrow for some new agenda. there was a lot resistance at first but i was very clear that i just wanted to open this up for discussion since my main concern was for the overall success of the company. it did not happen over night but it did happen, the goal was to find a middle ground where we all committed to a long-term strategy to rech our goals and engineering would try and stay open-minded to changes that would get us closer to those long-term goals.