I believe that is called Resume Driven Development. I see it in my org quite a bit. There are pros and cons. One of the cons is the academic exercises that h

I believe that is called Resume Driven Development. I see it in my org quite a bit. There are pros and cons. One of the cons is the academic exercises that have no bearing on customer requirements and last far too long. Mgmt won't kill these projects off for fear of losing good talent, so we end up with loads of shiny things that nobody wants to support and nobody will admit that we don't need.