Re:Bye-bye blackboard
by jordigh on Monday September 14, 2015 @11:12AM
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You won't solve the problem as a software developer. It's not a software problem. Try to climb the ranks into management and weed out corruption as you see it.
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Me and other good devs will solve software side of problems, and other good people will fix managerial one :)
Are you saying that everyone in management and engineering had been replaced and Blackboard is essentially a startup which happens to have inherited all the exciting contracts? If so, then maybe you stand a chance.
Otherwise, I'm sure you'll learn a lot from the attempt.
There is a lot of new people indeed (both managers and tech.) Quite a few startups were acquihired too. But I think most important factor - management openly concerned about competition and tries to push toward better product. And it appears to be much better timing too - institutions are more open to "cloud" today, than they were 10 years ago.