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Here is how the main factor incentivizing this sloppy engineering behavior is justified: everything is cast in terms of making money. Revenue is good -- fine. T
by uoaei 3y ago
Here is how the main factor incentivizing this sloppy engineering behavior is justified: everything is cast in terms of making money. Revenue is good -- fine. Therefore no revenue is bad -- doesn't follow and you need to justify that somehow.
- danenania 3y agoNo revenue generally means the project eventually gets abandoned or relegated to spare time because people gotta eat. So yeah I'd say it's a bad thing. I'm all for quality engineering. I'm just saying that if your whole plan for a new product is "quality engineering", then you have no plan at all. The horse needs to come before the cart.
- uoaei 3y agoEven couching the output as a "product" begs the question. It comes with a whole set of connotations around what's expected in and from such an effort. What you're describing is a tragedy of the commons from the perspective of social and civilizational benefit. I agree that's what it is, but I think we should be more careful before justifying it.
- danenania 3y agoThat's fine for theoretical discussions. The poster I was replying to implies that their goal is to sell a product and make money, so I was speaking to that.