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Notably, almost all of these relate to personnel, knowledge sharing and management. While we operate day-to-day as individuals (and see the world from our indiv
by alexpetralia 5y ago
Notably, almost all of these relate to personnel, knowledge sharing and management. While we operate day-to-day as individuals (and see the world from our individual vantage point), the success of large-scale, long-term projects rides on team dynamics.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoIn proportion of list items, sure. And in most organizations that’s probably roughly proportional. But I don’t think it should be dismissed that cognitive overhead and overly complex solutions are time killers. My team is wonderful, even astoundingly so, on most of the communication points. My legacy codebase is so challenging that I probably waste 90% of my time. This isn’t a typical situation! But I want to make sure it isn’t dismissed in a rush to wholly classify this as people problems.
- t-writescode 5y agoEither we work for the same company, or it’s more common than you think :)
- eyelidlessness 5y agoI think it’s unlikely we work for the same company. I’d recognize your handle :)
- onion2k 5y agoSomething will always be your biggest time sink. If you've got comms right then the next biggest thing will be instead. Also, it's hard to know whether something is a "waste of time" or simply "work". I've dealt with legacy code that's been built over many years and while it's been complex it's often necessarily complex in places. Working with that isn't a waste of time. It's just the job.
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- eyelidlessness 5y agoI want to delete the comment you’re replying to, because I find this whole interaction unhelpful. But I’m not allowed to delete my own comments.