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I have to justify all major technical decisions, including choice of JS framework, to the project manager and a technical oversight committee at my company. I w

I have to justify all major technical decisions, including choice of JS framework, to the project manager and a technical oversight committee at my company. I work for a mid-sized custom development/consulting firm. Not all of us have the luxury of setting our own rules.

KirinDave 18y ago
And that justification includes things like the look of their website?
- river_styx 18y ago
  Yes, in that it's much harder for me to make my case if their website looks like the myspace page of a 15 year old.
  - KirinDave 18y ago
    This kind of hyperbole makes you look like an unmitigated jackass. Please stop, since I'm pretty sure you're not that bad. The actual site design is great. It was one illustration. Why exactly should a single image on the front site make or break your technical case? Have you considered that this might be an indication that your technical case was extremely weak? Or maybe that you're being hard on anyone who exhibits even an inkling of whimsy on their project? Sheesh. Next you're going to say their association with Devo also hurts jQuery's case because your boss hated Devo.
    - river_styx 18y ago
      This kind of hyperbole makes you look like an unmitigated jackass. You're right. Sorry about the hyperbole. Why exactly should a single image on the front site make or break your technical case? Have you considered that this might be an indication that your technical case was extremely weak? I agree with you, of course, but I think you're underestimating how important appearances are to these middle-management types. Especially the ones at service-based companies. They will visit the website to research a tool that I want to use, and if it doesn't look professional, it will get rejected regardless of any technical argument I make. This is true for everyone, not just me.
      - thwarted 18y ago
        You have a middle manager type who actually at least puts on airs of doing actual research in an attempt to at least fake an informed decision? Xanadu!

KirinDave 18y ago

And that justification includes things like the look of their website?

river_styx 18y ago
Yes, in that it's much harder for me to make my case if their website looks like the myspace page of a 15 year old.
- KirinDave 18y ago
  This kind of hyperbole makes you look like an unmitigated jackass. Please stop, since I'm pretty sure you're not that bad. The actual site design is great. It was one illustration. Why exactly should a single image on the front site make or break your technical case? Have you considered that this might be an indication that your technical case was extremely weak? Or maybe that you're being hard on anyone who exhibits even an inkling of whimsy on their project? Sheesh. Next you're going to say their association with Devo also hurts jQuery's case because your boss hated Devo.
  - river_styx 18y ago
    This kind of hyperbole makes you look like an unmitigated jackass. You're right. Sorry about the hyperbole. Why exactly should a single image on the front site make or break your technical case? Have you considered that this might be an indication that your technical case was extremely weak? I agree with you, of course, but I think you're underestimating how important appearances are to these middle-management types. Especially the ones at service-based companies. They will visit the website to research a tool that I want to use, and if it doesn't look professional, it will get rejected regardless of any technical argument I make. This is true for everyone, not just me.
    - thwarted 18y ago
      You have a middle manager type who actually at least puts on airs of doing actual research in an attempt to at least fake an informed decision? Xanadu!