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Doing so in a large software company would likely result in Sales & Marketing being empowered. Which in turn will likely lead to technical debt (as the company
by scj 8y ago
Doing so in a large software company would likely result in Sales & Marketing being empowered. Which in turn will likely lead to technical debt (as the company stretches to meet impractical promises), as well as stagnation in Engineering (S&M are delivering on the metrics, so they get promoted).
In general, large organizations are like an AI. In this case, making a goal that won't backfire when applied without thought is really difficult.
- nostrademons 8y agoThat's why the goal in so many large public companies becomes "Make the stock price go up." If the stock price goes up, the executives and everyone else in the company with stock can unload it, take the cash, and let the new shareholders deal with any long-term consequences of their actions. This works great up until it doesn't.