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These projects are not worth $86 million. These projects only cost that much because the government has unlimited money from the Fed and their only goal is to c
by jondubois 8y ago
These projects are not worth $86 million. These projects only cost that much because the government has unlimited money from the Fed and their only goal is to create jobs; the government doesn't care about efficiency/productivity and the contractor doesn't care either.
Nobody got fired for choosing IBM... Despite the fact that IBM has a long history of extremely expensive failed projects.
The people who work for these companies learn a lot of bad/innefficient programming habbits because the bar for survival within those companies is below mediocre.
- SubiculumCode 8y agoThis is why I think that government contracting should be much more limited than it is. Strangely enough, when the money and work comes directly from a department budget it can often be better managed. Free enterprise could be much more efficient than government, but not when they earn more profits by not being efficient.
- exotree 8y agoWhen you have projects that need to achieve immediate scale, it's easy to see how these projects cost a lot of money. And contrary to popular belief, many people in government do care about efficiency and productivity. However, every government agency is constrained by a myriad of laws that the private sector doesn't have to contend with. Many projects require the approval of tax payers, who often don't see the direct value in investing in software as it isn't very tangible. Finally, that's not to say there aren't bad actors in government and the contractors that serve them. But the same is also true for those who operate solely in the private sector as well.