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It's more the fact that the engineers working there should be embarrassed, not that it's important. You would think that the engineers there would be able to im
by ping_pong 7y ago
It's more the fact that the engineers working there should be embarrassed, not that it's important. You would think that the engineers there would be able to improve their infrastructure after a few years but it's still as flaky now as it was a few years ago. That doesn't speak well of the caliber of engineers there.
- steve_adams_86 7y agoThat's unfair. Engineers don't always get to exercise their skills or best practices if their CTO gets in the way. Or if other external obstacles block the CTO. I've worked with very talented people who are totally wasted because the company just doesn't care to get the tech right when it comes down to making that investment. Autonomy to get things right when it's the right call is sort of a rarity and a real luxury in my experience. I've built a ton of things I knew could have been built better if the rest of the company saw the value in doing so. When given the option to do your job as asked or quit because you don't have your way, I'd rather just do my job and wait for opportunities to improve things if they present themselves.