notender

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   by notender 8y ago

   A quick glance at glassdoor reviews is a decent insight into the troubles at Omni over the past 2 years. You should always take those reviews with a grain of salt of course... Omni was a haven of some really awesome people and was a great g
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   by notender 8y ago

   Oddly, this company did none of these things, and everyone left.
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   by notender 8y ago

   I will concede some points in your favor for that. I will counter with the fact that almost no CTO will change there deadlines accordingly, which leads to team burnout/turnover.
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   by notender 8y ago

   With technical debt, each new feature now costs $nx where n is the multiplier for the accrued technical debt. A feature that you need in 2 months to support a market shift now needs 4 months to complete due to technical debt. The issue with
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   by notender 8y ago

   If you believe technical debt is developers wanting the code to be "perfect", you completely misunderstand what technical debt is. Technical debt is a collection of choices you and your team make that can have real world impacts o
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   by notender 8y ago

   Technical debt is less analogous to financial debt, and more like an anchor. You want to move fast to keep up with the market, but your debt slows you down.