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The ending is pure gold. Some of the best times in my career were working on a codebase for an application serving folks I knew on a first name basis and had ha
by agentultra 2y ago
The ending is pure gold. Some of the best times in my career were working on a codebase for an application serving folks I knew on a first name basis and had had lunch with.
I could talk through pain points they were having, we’d come up with a solution together, I’d hack up a quick prototype and launch it just to them to try out. We’d tweak it over a couple of weeks and when it was good I’d launch it to all customers.
Messy, ugly code base. But it worked well because it wasn’t over-managed. Just developers doing development. Amazing what happens when you get out of the way of smart, talented people and let them do their work.
- rochak 2y ago[Deleted]
- failbuffer 2y ago... and get them talking directly to the user. I feel that's where the real magic happens.
- Aeolun 2y agoSo many “Oh, I just didn’t ask because I thought it would take months” saved!
- rblatz 2y agoWhen you actually understand the problem you are solving, and the users you solve it for you start to care about a solution and not just the technology.
- switch007 2y agoSurely it is much more efficient for a PM to ask all the wrong questions and relay the answers using totally different words to the developers. As many many companies love hiring tons of PMs, this is surely the optimal system
- kuon 2y agoThe key here is to put the devs and users together.