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Innovative tech companies are dominated by business analysts and product managers. Shoddy specs are commonplace, and it's crazy at work because big customers pu
by mkl95 5y ago
Innovative tech companies are dominated by business analysts and product managers. Shoddy specs are commonplace, and it's crazy at work because big customers push hard deadlines that have to be met to prevent them from switching to That Competitor's app. They are not empty threats. Unstable software is just the reflection of an unstable industry.
- wildrhythms 5y agoExactly. Look no further than promotional processes that value launches over maintenance.
- laurent92 5y agoJ2EE entirely spec’ed out a reproducible way to create and deploy reliable software reliably. It is so reliable that no-one uses it, except companies paying $14k per developer per month. The truth is, the cost of unreliable software is not the same as the cost of an unreliable bridge or plane. And during the ascending phase of the Schumpeter cycle (70-year economic cycle related to an industry), entrepreneurs who move swiftly with agility always win.