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This works until your boss understands software development

• usefulcat 5y ago
  That situation is in the 'good problems to have' category.
  • Cornpuffs 5y ago
    absolutely
• zizee 5y ago
  If your boss understands software development, then the "dangerous" situation of being asked to do "easy" (but actually hard) things disappears, because your boss will understand that the "easy" things are actually hard, and the "hard" things are actually easy.
  • Cornpuffs 5y ago
    I agree! This is the case with my boss and its a great work environment
• rantwasp 5y ago
  spoiler: if your boss understands this they 1) are not doing their jobs 2) they will fail hard if they try to push their own thinking on HOW to do things
  • Cornpuffs 5y ago
    Interesting. To be clear I'm a developer and my boss is a director of application development. He used to be a dev so he understands these kind of issues. If my boss was a product owner or a stakeholder I would not want them mandating random details about how I do things.
• z3t4 5y ago
  You just don't wake up one day and understand software development. If you do work as a software developer though, you will wake up one day and realize that you actually know very little about software development.
  • Cornpuffs 5y ago
    this is the truth
• ornornor 5y ago
  > This works until your boss understands software development Like that ever happens!
  • Cornpuffs 5y ago
    haha! yeah, its rare but my company promotes devs to director positions so it can happen