Re:When Someone Says, "Why would you want to do that?"
by koningrobot on Sunday April 04, 2010 @09:02AM
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This sort of question annoys me to no end. My bosses and coworkers always asked me this whenever I proposed refactoring code (improving "perfectly good" old spaghetti or removing unused code). How would one go about answering this question in such a situation?
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Re:When Someone Says, "Why would you want to do that?"
by Mz on Sunday April 04, 2010 @10:04AM
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Figure out why they are resistant and find some means to reduce their resistance. For example: Did they write the code? If so, they may feel you are 'attacking' them/their competence in some way and you would need to find a means to reassure them that you respect them (yadda yadda) while still arguing for improvements. In many cases, ego and other personal stuff gets in the way of productivity. When that happens, the most effective thing to do is address the two issues separately.