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I agree with that and would add that dev tools are a manageable way for programmers early in their career to get feedback and learn what matters. It’s pretty h
by chubot 7y ago
I agree with that and would add that dev tools are a manageable way for programmers early in their career to get feedback and learn what matters.
It’s pretty hard for one person to solve enough of a problem to have users in the general public. It obviously happens, but it’s not a sure thing.
It’s hard to get users that are not in the public too. I had internships early in my career working on IT stuff, at a large business and a university. I found those jobs were actually terrible for getting feedback from users because there was so much bureaucracy. The management would actually insulate you too much from complaints or feedback.
Dev tools are a good learning experience because programmers will give honest feedback if they don’t like something :)
- tripzilch 7y agoI think the takeaway is that you shouldn't get feedback from users filtered through management. It's exactly the same problem that your "write dev tools for programmers" solution solves. You like it better because you expect you'll get the feedback from the programmers directly instead of through management. If that feedback would have to filter through someone's supervisor before it landed in your inbox, it would be about just as useless.