Post #1185588
2023-05-30 01:30 UTC
“My theory, which I outlined in the book, is that software quality and business success, especially for individual managers, have been completely decoupled. Insisting on software development methods that are known to reduce defects and improve User Experience is more likely to harm your career than help. High-level managers and executives get rewarded for project size, not long term success.”
From: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2023/tech-broke-the-webs-social-contract/
Replies (4)
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@macdonst@mastodon.online 2023-05-30 11:55
The quote from @baldur really resonated with me as I have worked in orgs where the managers incentives (features and due date) were at cross purposes with developers incentives (quality). Predictably this led to buggy software and huge amounts of technical depth.
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@inthehands@hachyderm.io 2023-05-30 04:08
@macdonst @jenniferplusplus An old Paulism that seems related: Business processes are designed to make a large-scale failure look like a series of small-scale successes.
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@lars@toot.berlin 2023-05-30 04:33
@macdonst @baldur is a Fediverist
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@deech@mastodon.social 2023-05-31 22:37
@macdonst this will never stop being depressing