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Is it really sub-optimal for the company? Consider that the goal of HR is not to hire the best, but to avoid hiring the worst.

• scarface74 9y ago
  I'm no different as an an architect. I don't always choose the best technology. I sometimes choose the most popular. The practical reason being its easier to find people who know it and there is plenty of documentation. The CYA reason is that if things go south, It's much easier to say it came highly reccomended. "No one ever got fired for buying IBM."
  • mathattack 9y ago
    Right, but look who is stuck with IBM technology now.
    • scarface74 9y ago
      It was an analogy. But, you'd be surprised. https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/ibm-mainframe-revenue-growing-as-overall-systems-revenue-decline.html https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/ibm-mainframe-revenu...
      • mathattack 9y ago
        It’s not the revenue that I’m knocking. It’s being stuck with obsolete legacy technology that you can’t get rid of. Better things are out there but you are stuck because someone else made a decision that wouldn’t get them fired. (I’m at a place that is going through the painful process of showing IBM the door)