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It doesn't mean anything if you are "right" but nobody will listen to you. To effect any change you have to not only be "right" but also be able to convince oth
by hn_user2 8y ago
It doesn't mean anything if you are "right" but nobody will listen to you. To effect any change you have to not only be "right" but also be able to convince others around you of what you are trying to do.
- jdbernard 8y agoThis used to be one of the great ways that tech was different. You didn't have to convince people through social means. Often there were purely technical merits that could be objectively proven. And people cared about the code more than "being right." Obviously that's not a blanket statement, but it did used to feel representative of the overall culture. Over the years we've backed away from considering the value of things on their technical merits. I'm not saying we shouldn't be thinking of business value, but you have to admit that's far more subjective. I'm not always sure it's a good thing. I'm convinced that maximizing business value and ignoring technical value is one of the main reasons so much modern software is crap.