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False dichotomy ($1B vs zero). Actually, in my experience, developers understand the business quite well. It's the other business functions which doesn't under
by anonymous245 16y ago
False dichotomy ($1B vs zero).
Actually, in my experience, developers understand the business quite well. It's the other business functions which doesn't understand development.
You WILL drive out (and keep out) good developers if you fail to treat developers as professionals whose inputs of how to develop software should be respected.
- sofuture 16y agoYes, often businesses don't understand development... but... Us dev's have it drilled into us time and time again that we are so special and can't possibly be expected to participate in the company as a whole (our time is too valuable! we can't stick to a schedule! they don't understand software!). That's a load of bullshit, developers don't get to wall off their private kingdom of code, same as no one else gets to wall off their section of responsibility and dictate outwards from within. Please stop furthering the (on that note) false dichotomy that programmers are either: 1) mismanaged by egregiously incompetent tyrants 2) given free reign to dictate to the business Software developers don't deserve any inherent respect. Their value added to the business does.
- kenjackson 16y agoI've heard developers tell me, in all seriousness, MS should dump Windows and start shipping a real OS like Linux. False dichotomy? I don't know, but I think you'd find the business would probably lose a fair bit of money doing that.