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Pretty much nobody but you has this perspective, it's completely irrelevant to the reality other people live in. And such a perspective is harmful, as it could

Pretty much nobody but you has this perspective, it's completely irrelevant to the reality other people live in. And such a perspective is harmful, as it could discourage people from work under the false perception that an unfinished piece of work is worse than none. I'm not sure where you got this whole idea from, but it's not true, neither in the real sense nor in the perceived sense. People benefit from working on projects they do not finish, and plenty of people are impressed with unfinished projects. This person is going to be a much better developer than average from this experience. There is literally no issue here. It's his work and it's his time and what he does with it is none of anyone else's business. The only issue here is you making an issue out of it according to some strange ethical norms that nobody else shares. This is a massive overthinking/overjudge and the thinking here is rather unhealthy.

oldandtired 8y ago
See my responses elsewhere in this discussion. Simply put, he is closing down the project because to continue requires too much hard work and is boring and uninteresting. It is not that he has found an answer to his investigations and so he can move on and here are the lessons learned. Yet I suspect that the intent of what he may have wanted to say is that final sentence above. But that's not what he said. I'll say it again, there is no problem with unfinished work, if what you were trying to achieve has been completed. But please, don't then say that you won't complete the work your doing because to do so would require hard work and it's just boring and tedious. This is what reflects negatively on you. If you have achieved your goal then just say that and show what has been learned from the exercise. If you would like it to be continued but can't do so for whatever reason, which you do not have to state, then offer it to anyone else who might be able to take it on. You never know, you might get some takers. This reflects positively on you.

oldandtired 8y ago

See my responses elsewhere in this discussion. Simply put, he is closing down the project because to continue requires too much hard work and is boring and uninteresting. It is not that he has found an answer to his investigations and so he can move on and here are the lessons learned. Yet I suspect that the intent of what he may have wanted to say is that final sentence above. But that's not what he said. I'll say it again, there is no problem with unfinished work, if what you were trying to achieve has been completed. But please, don't then say that you won't complete the work your doing because to do so would require hard work and it's just boring and tedious. This is what reflects negatively on you. If you have achieved your goal then just say that and show what has been learned from the exercise. If you would like it to be continued but can't do so for whatever reason, which you do not have to state, then offer it to anyone else who might be able to take it on. You never know, you might get some takers. This reflects positively on you.