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It's really amazing that people with domain knowledge in one field seem to think that everything they don't know about is easy.
by rfdave 13y ago
It's really amazing that people with domain knowledge in one field seem to think that everything they don't know about is easy.
- robomartin 13y agoCan you clarify what you mean by this? I am not sure if you are agreeing with what I said or pointing out something in my comment you disagree with. Perhaps my comment about software being easy?
- rfdave 13y agoI think I tend to agree with you. In this context, I'm trying to make the point that the ability to "ship" software quickly and easily seems to lead people to the belief that shipping hardware is almost as easy, and it's not. I'm not trying to imply that actually writing the software is easy, just that the process of making a piece of software available to millions of people is substantially easier than shipping hardware to millions of people. There's a lot of tribal knowledge that's difficult to access via Google, although things are getting substantially better, as lots more people are going through small scale production ramps and blogging about it.
- PhantomGremlin 13y agoYes, yes, yes, 1000 times yes. I once worked for a VP of Engineering who was a hardware guy. I was a hardware guy, things were totally copacetic. Unfortunately the software guys in that company weren't happy campers, because they were the lowest in the pecking order. The VP was sure that software was "easy", even though he didn't know much about it. Still, things could be worse. Try working at a company run by marketing (I also did that once upon a time). Then both the hardware and the software guys are sucking hind tit.