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Just wondering, have you ever worked on something with a longer lifetime than the typical young engineer's job rotation? One thing we run into all the time is a
by zwieback 3y ago
Just wondering, have you ever worked on something with a longer lifetime than the typical young engineer's job rotation? One thing we run into all the time is awesome quickly iterated things outlasting many people who understand how it was done.
Admittedly there's a big difference between web apps and products that are meant to last or even contain hardware components.
- bluefishinit 3y agoYep, I've worked on consumer products with decade plus lifespans. I was lucky enough to have worked in places that valued creativity, so shipping interesting features was always prioritized over direction by committee with data augmentation. I'll say that the end-users really loved that. They for the most part don't want you rearranging their living room (so to speak) they want new home additions.
- freetanga 3y agoAgree. Tech is a very broad universe. Is not the same to create a consumer facing platform for a new business than creating a Core System for a Telco, Utility or Bank. In those cases, the 1% (minus documentation) is crucial, as core features are not removed nearly ever. When you are experimenting with consumers and a feature might end up being a failure, then yes some of those items could be cataloged as tech debt of sorts.
- quickthrower2 3y agoThe differing views I reckon is Startup VS. Older business. We are now veering into "strategy". You need to think about what your "100%" looks like for a project. Lower case agile makes these 100%s smaller by the projects being smaller so you have more information for the next iteration.