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When did any manager get promoted for keeping software stable? Just look at google and their chat softwares... you either make something new, or someone else d
by ajsnigrutin 10mo ago
When did any manager get promoted for keeping software stable?
Just look at google and their chat softwares... you either make something new, or someone else does and you're left behind... be it ads in their start menu, spyware "AI", or paid solitaire.
- userbinator 10mo agoWhen did any manager get promoted for keeping software stable? A few industries reward that. Telcos and other parts of critical infrastructure come to mind.
- testing22321 10mo agoI worked for a telco for four years. It was horrifically stupid and rewarded the dumbest possible outcomes. Is goal is increase revenue! Create project to roll out fibre to a new rural community. Sign up all 40 houses in that community at $100 a month. Project cost $10 mil. Bonuses and promotions for increased revenue!
- ocdtrekkie 10mo agoThat pays for itself in 20 years and most of those customers won't have better choices in the next 50. The core of that infrastructure will probably oitlive most people on the team. Sounds like a good long term stable business.
- imtringued 10mo ago20*12*40*100=960000 They're $9.04 million in the red.
- ocdtrekkie 10mo agoHah, I missed a zero. ;D
- oivey 10mo ago$250k per house is an absolutely insane level of mismanagement.
- testing22321 10mo agoNo, no they all got bonuses and raises because they increased revenue.
- userbinator 10mo agoThat's actually an example of the very long-term strategies that are common in that industry. There are still active phone lines which were installed over a century ago.