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but the regular Joe developer has caught on the fad and wants to add it to his repertoire, even though it's an overkill There are very strong financial incenti
by goatinaboat 6y ago
but the regular Joe developer has caught on the fad and wants to add it to his repertoire, even though it's an overkill
There are very strong financial incentives for every individual developer and sysadmin to adopt Kubernetes, regardless of the impact it has on the organisation as a whole. In a sense this is engineering reaching the level of corporate maturity of the sales department who will optimise everything for their commission regardless of the organisations ability to deliver it at a profit, or even at all.
- FlyingSnake 6y agoI'm sure there's a name to this phenomenon. Companies want stable software, and Regular Joe want better pay, but companies won't pay unless Joe starts doing crazy complex stuff that complicates things further.
- danjac 6y agoRegular Joe learns complex stuff at your expense. He then leaves for greener pastures and higher pay thanks to the boost to his resume. You are then left with complex stuff you need to maintain and so you have to hire another Regular Joe for a higher salary than your first Regular Joe.
- lallysingh 6y agoThe name is "poor management of resources.". Regular Joe should move on before trying this masochism.
- lallysingh 6y ago> There are very strong financial incentives for every individual developer and sysadmin to adopt Kubernetes, regardless of the impact it has on the organisation as a whole. Then that organization is doing a terrible job of aligning incentives. I'm guessing their pay structure isn't terribly merit-based nor high enough that people aren't constantly thinking about other jobs. If this is about FAANG (your comment wasn't, but others were), perhaps part of this is exposing larger problems in many smaller orgs. (note: I'm ex-FAANG and happily so)