Re:The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013)
by ArkyBeagle on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:12PM
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Last job I had, we were doing quite well but market conditions changed. They effectively now have a 0.00% software presence.
It just isn't possible, given the basic makeup of the company, for there to be anything other than very basic bug fixing going on - the leadership team simply can't cope.
When I was there, I pretty much ran on one-page specs, if there was a written spec at all.
We were violently successful. SFAIK, just because of parts cost, that's all scrapped now. :)
The people that are left are of the "fix one, create three" level. One has a degree in CS but has never actually learned the trade. I did what I could, but he was perpetually interrupted. God bless 'em, but it's true.
In the end, unless your business is critically dependent on software, you may be better off without us.
It just isn't possible, given the basic makeup of the company, for there to be anything other than very basic bug fixing going on - the leadership team simply can't cope.
When I was there, I pretty much ran on one-page specs, if there was a written spec at all.
We were violently successful. SFAIK, just because of parts cost, that's all scrapped now. :)
The people that are left are of the "fix one, create three" level. One has a degree in CS but has never actually learned the trade. I did what I could, but he was perpetually interrupted. God bless 'em, but it's true.
In the end, unless your business is critically dependent on software, you may be better off without us.