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> Developers (myself included) often just do what they want regardless of what they're told I don't believe this is true for adhoc work. There's often pressure
by philliphaydon 4y ago
> Developers (myself included) often just do what they want regardless of what they're told
I don't believe this is true for adhoc work. There's often pressure to get a job done under time under budget to maximize profit. It's one reason I much prefer working for a service based company as there IS room to do what you want and push boundries.
- runnerup 4y agoI did it plenty when I was working as part of a contracting house where “every hour is billed to a client”. There’s plenty of room to spend time making crazy tools to automate your work or provide internal/external/personal value. Sometimes these rogue gambits pay off and return multiples of value…sometimes they just waste massive time. But I can say that I was absolutely a rogue project-doer in an engineering body shop.
- philliphaydon 4y agoGood point, if youre billing every hour you can just squeeze the client. I've never worked in a place like that so I can't comment on what it's like.