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Re:Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview que... by popey456963 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:27PM (#13474046)
You continue even though you're doomed to fail.
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Re:Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview que... by beat on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:52PM (#13474304)
Yes, this. A death march, to me, is a project that is doomed to fail, but you have to keep working on it anyway.
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Re:Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview que... by enraged_camel on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:41PM (#13474187)
No, a death march refers to the pace of the march, i.e. you're marching so hard (without rest) that you start losing troops to fatigue or worse.
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Re:Ask HN: What are good software architecture interview que... by troebr on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:33PM (#13474105)
I've heard Death March more meant as a crazy period before a deadline.
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