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I'd also argue most engineers don't think very hard about what's actually valuable to a company. A smooth build pipeline and ample test coverage are only worth

by tootie 1y ago

I'd also argue most engineers don't think very hard about what's actually valuable to a company. A smooth build pipeline and ample test coverage are only worth whatever fraction of risk reduction of the product they are delivering. I have told teams to not do basic maintenance on software because nobody is going to care if it crashes because it has too few users. In the same vein I've asked them to fixate on making a tiny feature absolutely perfect because we know it's the thing 90% of users focus on.

aleph_minus_one 1y ago
> I'd also argue most engineers don't think very hard about what's actually valuable to a company. My experience differs: many software developers think deeply about what is valuable to the company, but don't play the ferocious political games that managers do play (the only winning move is not to play). Relatedly and because of their logic thinking, they thus often come to the conclusion that these scumbags of managers are clearly not what is valuable to the company.