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There's little evidence that this is a common problem.
by varjag 1y ago
There's little evidence that this is a common problem.
- KaiserPro 1y agothere is in meta. Userneed is very much second to company priority metrics.
- tru3_power 1y agoI wouldn’t say this lends to a bias of over-engineering but more so psc optimizing
- tomnipotent 1y agoBesides the graveyard of failed start-ups? There's plenty of evidence, just no strong conclusions.
- varjag 1y agoDid you look at the graveyard of failed start-ups and conclude they would of lived if they had enough non-coding overhead?
- tomnipotent 1y agoI look at it and see just as many failed start-ups from engineer-founders as a do from non-engineer founders. The idea that being a programmer makes you better to run a business has nothing to back it up.
- varjag 1y agoI'm not sure where this idea comes from though, it's not something I argued. The post I replied to claims engineers can't see the big picture and deal with end user requirements, and your own testimony above contradicts that.