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1. 2x hours booked against a project with a cost code. 2. There is no security review if only one person knows that language. As well as that one person being
by InsomniacL 5y ago
1. 2x hours booked against a project with a cost code.
2. There is no security review if only one person knows that language. As well as that one person being new to that language.
3. mostly agree but as you state, not relevant to new technology decided upon by someone on a whim.
4. Do you really believe creating sections of the tech stack that only a single person is able to maintain will result in you not having to pay these staff as much? Those staff who you now have a critical dependency on and they know it?
- inetknght 5y agoTo your point #4: Do you really think that developers shouldn't be paid what they're worth? Or that developers should hold down their worth so that you can pay them that much less?
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoBut migrating to a more niche technology where the existing one was fine is artificial inflation.
- InsomniacL 5y agoI do think they should be paid what they're worth... and if they're the only person in the whole company that can fix the code they wrote in a language nobody else knows, then they're indispensable and can charge any salary they want. which is why they shouldn't be allowed to artificially make themselves indispensable without bringing any additional benefit to the business