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What I realized is that companies that think developers are a cost, are not really software companies. Maybe they need software, but it's the same way one needs
by GoToRO 6y ago
What I realized is that companies that think developers are a cost, are not really software companies. Maybe they need software, but it's the same way one needs a visit to the doctor: you go because you have to, you have no passion for it.
What really upsets developers is the extra work that is generated by managers that should not manage anything really.
If you are competent enough to be able to create from zero and deliver a software product/service it seems the only way is to have your own product/service.
- austincheney 6y agoI have never worked for a software company. Most of my career was in travel: Travelocity/Sabre, Southwest, Orbitz, Expedia and now I work for a bank. Developers are a cost center even for software companies. It isn’t developers at Microsoft that are selling Microsoft products. A software company is one that generates revenue directly from the software they write. In that regard I do not consider Facebook to be a software company, their revenue is from advertising and media. They are a software company the way CNN is. I consider Google to be a software company because their revenue is from micro-auctions to their search engine.