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I think categorizing it as "Too dumb" is also doing disservice to many developers who are stuck in feature factories. After a while you realize business is happ

I think categorizing it as "Too dumb" is also doing disservice to many developers who are stuck in feature factories. After a while you realize business is happy with status quo so do your Jira tickets, take your paycheck and go home. My puny stock options are extremely unlikely to be impacted by my work output. My boss doesn't care about Tech Debt. Get this ticket done, get it done quick and move on. He figures he will be long gone before tech debt racks up to point he would get in trouble for it. Hell, I'm not sure his higher ups even realize the tech debt problem so fact if he is here for 4 years, they wouldn't realize what was cause of the tech debt.

fuzzy2 2y ago
Though my employer certainly could be categorized as a feature factory (individual software development), we kind of sell the opposite: Sustainable development producing software which can be changed easily. There's only direct monetary compensation. Hierarchies are flat. Like, too flat. I understand many do not have the energy to fight the status quo and some may not have the… eloquence to do so. I have worked very hard for many years to end up where I am. If others don't, I expect them to at least accept where they remain. Because they don't do "don't care". They are effectively sabotaging projects. They certainly aren't unintelligent. They still act pretty dumb. Again, I must apologize for my polemics.
- stackskipton 2y ago
  Problem is, generally only places not doing this are FAANG and we all can't work there. I've interviewed at two FAANG companies in my field (Ops Type) and went ok but didn't get hired. So apparently, I'm not good enough for FAANG so far. Also, they are losing their luster as well. Now, whatever. It's a job that pays well. I'm making rich people richer but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do differently. MBAs continue to strip mine everything and my country upcoming elections are between two people we should be saying "Sure grandpa" while they tell us stories in their nursing home. If that makes me dumb, I'll take the label I guess. I try not to be but when I'm having to explain to Dev for 5th time to stop doing appsettings.json, I realize that my tilting at windmills isn't going to fix anything. Also, this is a feature factory: https://www.productplan.com/glossary/feature-factory/ https://www.productplan.com/glossary/feature-factory/

fuzzy2 2y ago

Though my employer certainly could be categorized as a feature factory (individual software development), we kind of sell the opposite: Sustainable development producing software which can be changed easily. There's only direct monetary compensation. Hierarchies are flat. Like, too flat. I understand many do not have the energy to fight the status quo and some may not have the… eloquence to do so. I have worked very hard for many years to end up where I am. If others don't, I expect them to at least accept where they remain. Because they don't do "don't care". They are effectively sabotaging projects. They certainly aren't unintelligent. They still act pretty dumb. Again, I must apologize for my polemics.

stackskipton 2y ago
Problem is, generally only places not doing this are FAANG and we all can't work there. I've interviewed at two FAANG companies in my field (Ops Type) and went ok but didn't get hired. So apparently, I'm not good enough for FAANG so far. Also, they are losing their luster as well. Now, whatever. It's a job that pays well. I'm making rich people richer but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do differently. MBAs continue to strip mine everything and my country upcoming elections are between two people we should be saying "Sure grandpa" while they tell us stories in their nursing home. If that makes me dumb, I'll take the label I guess. I try not to be but when I'm having to explain to Dev for 5th time to stop doing appsettings.json, I realize that my tilting at windmills isn't going to fix anything. Also, this is a feature factory: https://www.productplan.com/glossary/feature-factory/ https://www.productplan.com/glossary/feature-factory/