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A lot of this sounds like big company stuff, perhaps in financial services? The issue with places like that is that risk is prioritised higher than delivery sp

A lot of this sounds like big company stuff, perhaps in financial services? The issue with places like that is that risk is prioritised higher than delivery speed, which is arguably fair enough when there is a risk of large regulatory scrutiny and reputational risk. They are also set up to scale to thousands of engineers, so need consistency in technologies, reporting and ways of working. I didn't enjoy working in that environment, but I have more empathy nowadays for why they have to work in that way. Work for a smaller company or startup, and all of that stuff goes away.

michaelt 4y ago
> The issue with places like that is that risk is prioritised higher than delivery speed, I don't think most organisations actually make such decisions knowingly. I don't believe the CEO ever says "This endpoint management system will remove 20 minutes of productivity per person per day, but it's worth it, let's deploy it" More likely the organisation salami-sliced away productivity 2 minutes at a time, the bosses have don't see the problem because they use macbooks, and the endpoint management team all love endpoint management so they ignore the problem.