Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?

Re:Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what shou... by gizmo686 on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:03AM (#17824489)

Where I work, "Human Resources" is just in charge of benifits/payroll/etc. Assigning people to projects is done by the resource manager, a completly unrelated posistion.

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Re:Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what shou... by sidlls on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:16AM (#17824787)

I manage my team. When I discuss projects with my manager and the senior engineering leadership, they will almost always refer to staff as resources, e.g. "team X needs a SOA resource", "team Y needs extra QA resources" and so on. It's distasteful to me; I always refer to my team and other engineers as engineers or by name, not as "resources."

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Re:Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what shou... by gregmac on Thursday August 23, 2018 @01:34AM (#17824828)

To balance things out, try casually slipping in the word "overhead" when talking about management.

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Re:Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what shou... by oaiey on Thursday August 23, 2018 @03:56AM (#17825407)

I do that. Does not harm. They know themselves :). Good advice!

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Re:Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what shou... by lostcolony on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:49AM (#17824672)

By the 'resource manager'. Point stands.

But, no place has HR assign resources.

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