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Nobody wants to hit a "drop everything and rewrite because there was a huge API shift" moment. No business owner or manager wants that. I know lots of programm
by dagw 8y ago
Nobody wants to hit a "drop everything and rewrite because there was a huge API shift" moment.
No business owner or manager wants that. I know lots of programmers for whom any excuse to throw away everything and rewrite from scratch is basically Christmas. Some of the more unscrupulous ones might even try to engineer unnecessary excuses to do just that.
- HillRat 8y agoOh, I’ve seen executive leadership fall for unscrupulous/ignorant consultants pitching a “burn your stack, move everything to the cloud/LCNC/SaaS, and fire your developers” approach. Invariably either the company or the CEO’s tenure expires.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoIf you can offer your services recovering from these dumpster fires, you'll never go hungry as a consultant.
- dagw 8y agoIronically you may still end up being paid less than the person who started the dumpster fire
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- HillRat 8y agoYeah, it’s the inherent tension between wanting a client that knows they’re in a crisis, and the fact that companies in a crisis might not be able to pay you. Yes, they’re ready to make the hard decisions; no, they might not have the financial and operational latitude to actually do so.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoWith experience, you will learn to suss out when success is possible (for both you and the client).