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Biggest problem: Germans don't understand digitization. They often try to recreate the paper process with IT, instead of making a complete new setup. Example:

Biggest problem: Germans don't understand digitization. They often try to recreate the paper process with IT, instead of making a complete new setup. Example: Previously, you had to go to the City Hall or whatever in your pace of birth to get a birth certificate. Now you can email them, pay, and they mail you the certificate via snail mail. How it should be: Use an online token, log into your account, request a birth certificate and just print it. It should have a URL that can be used to verify that it is valid. This would be faster and the risk of forgery would be much lower. A seal - and Germans love seals, they wank of to seals - can be forged much easier.

tonis2 3y ago
Yeah, I worked in a German startup for 2 years, managers were running it like we were manufacutring cars. Lots of decision's, made no sense in software development.
- rs999gti 3y ago
  > Lots of decision's, made no sense in software development. But we must have process and governance in place. Let us set a meeting to discuss.
bratwurst3000 3y ago
Yes those seals rly invite you to misuse them. It’s ridiculous easy to forge them.
Tainnor 3y ago
> Previously, you had to go to the City Hall or whatever in your pace of birth to get a birth certificate. > Now you can email them, pay, and they mail you the certificate via snail mail. > How it should be: Use an online token, log into your account, request a birth certificate and just print it. It should have a URL that can be used to verify that it is valid. This would be faster and the risk of forgery would be much lower. A seal - and Germans love seals, they wank of to seals - can be forged much easier. That's an unreasonably high (or weird) standard. What country has a process like that? Switzerland certainly doesn't.
- Beijinger 3y ago
  Luxembourg... Even Brazil. Things like Background Check works like this. You can create a PDF that can be online validated.

tonis2 3y ago

Yeah, I worked in a German startup for 2 years, managers were running it like we were manufacutring cars. Lots of decision's, made no sense in software development.

rs999gti 3y ago
> Lots of decision's, made no sense in software development. But we must have process and governance in place. Let us set a meeting to discuss.

bratwurst3000 3y ago

Yes those seals rly invite you to misuse them. It’s ridiculous easy to forge them.

Tainnor 3y ago

> Previously, you had to go to the City Hall or whatever in your pace of birth to get a birth certificate. > Now you can email them, pay, and they mail you the certificate via snail mail. > How it should be: Use an online token, log into your account, request a birth certificate and just print it. It should have a URL that can be used to verify that it is valid. This would be faster and the risk of forgery would be much lower. A seal - and Germans love seals, they wank of to seals - can be forged much easier. That's an unreasonably high (or weird) standard. What country has a process like that? Switzerland certainly doesn't.

Beijinger 3y ago
Luxembourg... Even Brazil. Things like Background Check works like this. You can create a PDF that can be online validated.