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>> Our managers were afraid that we broke something, so they did everything to make sure that we didn't spend our time coding. that's like hiring football play
by itronitron 7y ago
>> Our managers were afraid that we broke something, so they did everything to make sure that we didn't spend our time coding.
that's like hiring football players and not letting them on the field out of fear they'll score for the other team.
please write a book!
- vfc1 7y agoYes its insane LOL Managers were non-coders themselves, and they looked at developers with suspicion. This happens in a lot of projects, where developers are almost treated like children or assembly-line workers. I realized through small hints and queues over time that the goal was to take over the maintenance of the project and make sure that we could fix things if something broke, but not add any new features. They even had a management term for what we were doing. They called it KIR - Keep It Running! LOL
- teddyuk 7y agoyes but happens a lot - if you dont change it, it won't break (expept it will, every time because the reason you don't change it is because it is crap in the first place)