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You can't even get the budget to pay the salaries of good developers at these kinds of companies, for starters.

• Aeolun 4y ago
  Clearly they have the budget for a 32M failure. I’m inclined to think they’d be saving money. Now whether they will or want to (the executives anyway) is a different question. It’s much easier to tell your boss that the project failed despite the hundreds of developers working on it. Clearly nobody would have been able to do a good job of it.
  • jsty 4y ago
    > Clearly they have the budget for a 32M failure. I’m inclined to think they’d be saving money. The company would, but the relevant executive would be worse off. A $xx million consulting engagement failing is the consulting firm’s fault (politically speaking). Hiring and directing a $y million team that fails is the fault of the exec in charge. Executives in large companies are frequently not the bumbling idiots they’re portrayed as - their decisions make perfect sense in terms of protecting and advancing influence within the company, which wins out over good execution in driving decisions.