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Upvote for mentioning Subversion. Back in 2016 I briefly worked at a old, large corporation that was still using CVS. During that time management decided that
by wernsey 4y ago
Upvote for mentioning Subversion.
Back in 2016 I briefly worked at a old, large corporation that was still using CVS.
During that time management decided that company policy was now to be hip with the younger generation. One very senior manager actually used the expression "we must strive to be the Uber of [our industry]"
This also led to a mandate that we should switch to Git because it was new and shiny.
You can just imagine the how steep the learning curve was for all the old hands, especially as some of them joined the company in the previous century as COBOL programmers.
We were also pulled in to team building sessions where we were encouraged to "think outside of the box" and be "innovative". During one of those sessions I suggested that "you know, we should just use SVN instead" and was promptly shot down.
- ihatepython 4y agoI feel like I'm the only person who thinks Git is terrible. I hate using it.
- JohnFen 4y agoYou're not the only person. I know a handful of devs who heartily agree with you, and most devs I know don't really love or hate it. It's just the tool they have to use. I don't hate git, but I do like subversion more. That said, I completely understand why someone would hate git.
- JohnFen 4y ago> One very senior manager actually used the expression "we must strive to be the Uber of [our industry]" Oh, boy. That's a very bright signal to run, don't walk, away from that company.