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>> It's like they get pet projects in their head from reading an article in a magazine and get locked into it. >It's not like that, it's often exactly that. A

by alecco 7y ago

>> It's like they get pet projects in their head from reading an article in a magazine and get locked into it. >It's not like that, it's often exactly that. And it usually is sold also from within from know-it-all primadonnas who want to climb the ladder. Or at least put something "spectacular" on their CV.

noir_lord 7y ago
Start a ground breaking project that will be amazing in 2 years. Get promoted/leave for more money after 18mths. 2 years rolls around, everything is on fire but the guy with the matches is nowhere to be found. Sounds very very familiar to me.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  When reading these stories, part of me wants to give up and switch to the dark side. Instead of worrying about whether what we're doing is even useful for anyone, I could be earning money and prestige by leading large companies to deploy random SaaS solutions. What's not to like? I mean, except making your organization waste couple billion dollars and hundreds of man-years?
DataWorker 7y ago
Or they just think “Tableau, Salesforce, data lakes, ERP, identity management, and "cloud" infrastructure each seem like useful tools if implemented smartly.”
- snowwrestler 7y ago
  Cute. We actually built a data lake (with Python and MySQL) and immediately found problems we weren't even aware of, like (as I mentioned above) people getting the same email multiple times in the same day. When our sysadmin left, we migrated all our websites from leased hardware servers to cloud hosting and were able to use that head count to hire a developer instead, who has built great new web apps for staff and customers. I understand the temptation to be cynical, but these really are useful tools. I say embrace change; it's fun.
ErikAugust 7y ago
I feel like Harvard Business Review articles are a form of keyword stuffing. Combinations of buzzwords when googled bring up a bunch of big consultancy websites.

by alecco 7y ago

noir_lord 7y ago

Start a ground breaking project that will be amazing in 2 years. Get promoted/leave for more money after 18mths. 2 years rolls around, everything is on fire but the guy with the matches is nowhere to be found. Sounds very very familiar to me.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
When reading these stories, part of me wants to give up and switch to the dark side. Instead of worrying about whether what we're doing is even useful for anyone, I could be earning money and prestige by leading large companies to deploy random SaaS solutions. What's not to like? I mean, except making your organization waste couple billion dollars and hundreds of man-years?

DataWorker 7y ago

Or they just think “Tableau, Salesforce, data lakes, ERP, identity management, and "cloud" infrastructure each seem like useful tools if implemented smartly.”

snowwrestler 7y ago
Cute. We actually built a data lake (with Python and MySQL) and immediately found problems we weren't even aware of, like (as I mentioned above) people getting the same email multiple times in the same day. When our sysadmin left, we migrated all our websites from leased hardware servers to cloud hosting and were able to use that head count to hire a developer instead, who has built great new web apps for staff and customers. I understand the temptation to be cynical, but these really are useful tools. I say embrace change; it's fun.

ErikAugust 7y ago

I feel like Harvard Business Review articles are a form of keyword stuffing. Combinations of buzzwords when googled bring up a bunch of big consultancy websites.