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You have never seen the resume-driven development? Lucky you, because it's the vast majority of development out there
by pi-e-sigma 3y ago
You have never seen the resume-driven development? Lucky you, because it's the vast majority of development out there
- christophilus 3y agoWithout a study of some sort, we’re just exchanging anecdotes. I’ve seen resume-driven development a handful of times in my 20-year career. You may be right, but we won’t know until we come up with some way to measure it. Most developers I’ve worked with have just been interested in solving problems.
- dustingetz 3y agoPhysicists work on interesting problems. Developers work on profitable problems, mostly manufactured, for huge piles of money, from home, and with yoga over lunch.
- seszett 3y agoMaybe you just haven't looked for better jobs. Because although I've read about what you're describing, I haven't seen it yet in real life. I'm not planning on experiencing it either in the future. Though I'm sure some people like this kind of environment, and good for them.
- christophilus 3y agoI didn’t say “interesting” problems. Just problems. Anyway, sometimes they are interesting. I think Rich Hickey worked on some interesting problems. Clojure and Datomic are pretty neat, and Electric looks like an interesting problem, too :)
- dustingetz 3y agoRich Hickey is a founder, not a developer and regardless he is motivated by pain-minimization in the context of money making: "I had had enough!" [of manufactured complexity in commercial development] — his paper