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as a software developer, every place I've tried to work that's "you write it, you run it" turns into me just spending all my time running the code as it already
by convolvatron 3y ago
as a software developer, every place I've tried to work that's "you write it, you run it" turns into me just spending all my time running the code as it already existed, with actually trying to improve reliability as kind of a bonus 10% task that no one ever talks about or asks after.
- ElectricalUnion 3y agoIt always depends on aligned incentives, for some very specific lines of work and very specific people, they will totally intentionally upkeep known bad software without improving it too much because it's somewhat a guarantee of very profitable overtime pay.