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I don't know if software developers are all that risk adverse. I mean we're typically changing development environments and tools a lot, usually at a very high

I don't know if software developers are all that risk adverse. I mean we're typically changing development environments and tools a lot, usually at a very high expense to change, with little evidence of time savings. Sometimes however those changes may feel like time savings or is just a cooler way to code. For example consider someone coding standard REST services vs adopting GraphQL. The adoption itself is a huge risk, probably exponential cost of introduction, probably a little more convenient code once that initial risk is taken on. Yet companies are adopting it like gangbusters. Similarly with React and a lot of other (Facebook) tech. Ton's of risk, arguably lots of reward, but doesn't seem to be perfectly correlated with risk alone.

maxerickson 7y ago
You'll frequently see people that make $1,000 a day complaining that software that saves them lots of time costs $100.
- ska 7y ago
  I don't see that much. But I do see people making $1,000 a day complaining that everyone wants to upsell you into $20/mo SAAS offering with a bunch of crap you don't need, rather than sell you the thing you need. For something you rely on, easy decision. For occasional use though? Often not worth it.
mtberatwork 7y ago
> Yet companies are adopting it like gangbusters. Are they though? I don't see any evidence for that. If you are just going by what seems to be popular on HN or tech blogs, that's not really how things pan out in the real world. Most companies are running on "boring" tech.
hermitdev 7y ago
As a software engineer working in finance, I tend to find myself very risk averse, because, well, there's a ton of money on the line if you fuck up. At a previous job, I was on call 24/7 (we traded all of about 2 hours on Saturdays). I was once out on a date on a Friday night around 9PM local (US), and I got a call from the UK on the work phone. Turns out, we were missing about $1.5 billion. Yes, billion. The call went something along the lines of: "We're missing a billion dollars. You need to find out where it went. NOW."

maxerickson 7y ago

You'll frequently see people that make $1,000 a day complaining that software that saves them lots of time costs $100.

ska 7y ago
I don't see that much. But I do see people making $1,000 a day complaining that everyone wants to upsell you into $20/mo SAAS offering with a bunch of crap you don't need, rather than sell you the thing you need. For something you rely on, easy decision. For occasional use though? Often not worth it.

mtberatwork 7y ago

> Yet companies are adopting it like gangbusters. Are they though? I don't see any evidence for that. If you are just going by what seems to be popular on HN or tech blogs, that's not really how things pan out in the real world. Most companies are running on "boring" tech.

hermitdev 7y ago

As a software engineer working in finance, I tend to find myself very risk averse, because, well, there's a ton of money on the line if you fuck up. At a previous job, I was on call 24/7 (we traded all of about 2 hours on Saturdays). I was once out on a date on a Friday night around 9PM local (US), and I got a call from the UK on the work phone. Turns out, we were missing about $1.5 billion. Yes, billion. The call went something along the lines of: "We're missing a billion dollars. You need to find out where it went. NOW."