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As an engineer, I ask these questions all the time. Clueless product marketing people will request the most ridiculous features. I ask them: don't tell me the s
by sgustard 4y ago
As an engineer, I ask these questions all the time. Clueless product marketing people will request the most ridiculous features. I ask them: don't tell me the solution, tell me the customer problem. And what's it worth to you to solve this with the pieces we have now, instead of building something months from now? My teams have deflected years of pointless effort this way.
- treis 4y agoIt comes down to whether or not the person you're asking has the power to change things. If not then it's a fairly soul crushing question. Exponentially more when it comes from the same people that have not granted you the power to change things. Like we were handed a solution to implement that architects and product folks had been talking about for most of this year. But they didn't include anyone that was day in day out hands on with the systems they wanted to change. To do that and then ask the people implementing if we can speed things up would be quite annoying. It's asking them to contradict the design decisions that people 1-3 levels above them made. Risky business for sure. Even moreso for technical folks that in general aren't as adept at sussing out the difference between someone really asking and someone looking for a rubber stamp on a decision already made.