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Most companies want more business value, they dont care for better programmers.
by GrumpyNl 7y ago
Most companies want more business value, they dont care for better programmers.
- jdc 7y agoNext time said companies complain about a talent shortage, they would do well to remember TANSTAAFL.
- aerophilic 7y agoBecause I had to look it up: TANSTAAFL = There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoTANSTAAFL Have that ingrained in my mind since reading Abrash forever ago.
- phkahler 7y agoYou mean Heinlein?
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoNever read Heinlein.
- Nasrudith 7y agoI know it is reification but most companies end in banrkruptcy. In all seriousness I have noticed that "business value tunnel vision" is one of the surest ways to run a company into the ground in many if not most fields and Wall Street keeps pushing it anyway to nobody's benefit. The fundamentals of the field are what you have to care about or else you will have a really bad time.
- colechristensen 7y agoYes, and investing in employees pays dividends. Many businesses are poorly invested and put themselves at a disadvantage.