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Politics and power struggles don't build systems, they build shit-shows. Engineers build systems.
by dqpb 9y ago
Politics and power struggles don't build systems, they build shit-shows. Engineers build systems.
- pjmorris 9y agoEngineers build systems, but who writes the specification for those systems, and who pays for them? Jerry Weinberg's [0] second law of consulting is "No matter what it looks like, it's a people problem." [1],[2]. [0] http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/ http://www.geraldmweinberg.com/, @JerryWeinberg [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alikl/2008/11/12/three-laws-of-consulting-by-gerald-m-weinberg/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alikl/2008/11/12/three-laws... [2] "The Secrets of Consulting", Weinberg
- meddlepal 9y agoEngineers build shit-shows too... everyday.
- orf 9y ago> Politics and power struggles don't build systems, they build shit-shows. Engineers build systems. The shit-show that is my current engineering-built system would beg to differ.