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So true. Before leaving to focus on more interesting things I've spent a chunk of my career working developing software services for some big insurers. This ta
by benjamta 13y ago
So true. Before leaving to focus on more interesting things I've spent a chunk of my career working developing software services for some big insurers. This tale from 1995 could easily be a story of the challenges we faced in 2012/13.
Data managed in spreadsheets, layer upon layer of disconnected management, no engagement with users, very little willingness to understand software development. More spreadsheets...
- GFischer 13y agoI currently work for an insurance company. Warren Buffet was spot on when he said (after investing in insurance companies): “Invest in businesses that any idiot can run because, sooner or later, one will.”