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> It's not just PMs though: developers are forced into resume driven development by hiring practices I was laid off from my last gig in January because the com
by sotix 3y ago
> It's not just PMs though: developers are forced into resume driven development by hiring practices
I was laid off from my last gig in January because the company was running out of money. Last week I saw a former coworker share how excited they were to turn a perfectly functional and internal website built with html and css into a react app with redux and nextjs. I couldn’t believe a company running out of money would have a developer do that when it doesn’t affect revenue generation whatsoever. And I can’t believe the dev didn’t stop to think that the previous website was already perfect. There were never any complaints. Their LinkedIn post had tons of likes. I’m happy that they were happy, but I was left a little concerned.
- BeFlatXIII 3y ago[dead]
- MichaelZuo 3y agoLiteral cargo culting. The mindset, of whoever is approving those decisions, is often that they just need the right software ‘cargo’ to attract more money and save the company.
- mamamis 3y agoThis is what happens when everyone is trying to do busy work to make themselves look productive and less likely to be laid off.
- boppo1 3y agoTaking it a step further, this is what happens when the monetary authority's mandate is maximum employment and not maximum production. We're optimizing against efficiency.