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I think the person paying you to do the work should have a strong say in how you do it, no matter how ridiculous.
by Cuuugi 12y ago
I think the person paying you to do the work should have a strong say in how you do it, no matter how ridiculous.
- mikeash 12y agoThat person often has contradictory wishes. In this case, for example, it's likely that the person paying them to do the work wished for ^F to move to the next message and for them to build the best product for their customers. Good management involves prioritizing these things in order to sort out the contradictions, and good employees help with this process by pushing back against directives that contradict what appear to be more important goals.
- chton 12y agoI'm thankful that we're (very) slowly moving away from that idea. That's what they pay Product Owners for.
- jessaustin 12y agoGood PO/PM's care about the integrity of the product enough to argue with a CEO, but developers intrinsically have extra motivation beyond just "product integrity is valued!": every additional iota of product crappiness is painful, every time they touch it.
- deathanatos 12y agoIn this case, isn't that ultimately the customer, who's now here wondering why Ctrl+F doesn't map to find?
- Cuuugi 12y agoThat's irrelevant. The customer pays business (the owner). If the owner does something against his customer's interests, then the customer has the right to shop elsewhere.
- hrktb 12y agoIt would professional to strongly argue if their opinion is not for the best of the company. By strongly, I would see an argument like "You're the boss, but what you're saying doesn't make any sense because X and Y and Z."