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It will give valuable insights on the product you are building, I think it is a wonderful idea. Programming is a tool, the goal is to solve a problem, not the c
by powerapple 5y ago
It will give valuable insights on the product you are building, I think it is a wonderful idea. Programming is a tool, the goal is to solve a problem, not the code itself (unless you are more academic), I would enjoy it. The thing I hate most is that I do not understand my customers, working in a vacuum.
- ssdspoimdsjvv 5y agoI agree that it would be valuable, but the article states they have to do it once per month?? That is overkill.
- throwuxiytayq 5y agoThe average programmer is already wasting most of their productive brain-time on standups, meetings and jiras. Many of my friends just want to write code but are instead forced to participate in this collective corporate waste of time. I'm sure delivering food is a great pastime, but management isn't going to make any friends among the technical folk.
- pizza 5y agoBut your job isn't to write code. It's to improve the product.
- ttymck 5y agoAt an organization as large as DoorDash, that simply isn't true for IC engineers. Their job is to implement the product requirements. It might be more sensible to provide the option to do deliveries, to the engineers who are interested. Their voluntary interest in improving the product is a positive sign that they may develop beyond their current role. Edit: I meant to add, as others mentioned, there are other departments who would more benefit from this program. As I suggested above, the product requirements come from a long line of bureaucrats: the product designers and business analysts are primed to make the most of this program.