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Re:The Resistance Is Real – Why Side Projects Are So Hard by konschubert on Friday November 23, 2018 @07:04PM (#18519606)
The problem is that an engineering team full of developers that only care about processes, clean code and learning new stuff is mis-aligned with the goals of the organisation. It will take a constant uphill battle to take them to ship anything, something that generally isn't worth it I believe.

Of course technical debt needs to be paid and clean code is the essential foundation of every productive company. But as a developer, you need a desire to SHIP as well.

Re:The Resistance Is Real – Why Side Projects Are So Hard by closeparen on Saturday November 24, 2018 @01:17AM (#18520765)
A process worth caring about leads to shipped software, and production is the wisest teacher and the most thorough QA. Shipping is important, but then you have to keep resources committed to quality improvement, not move on to the next shiny new thing.
Re:The Resistance Is Real – Why Side Projects Are So Hard by baxtr on Sunday November 25, 2018 @06:12PM (#18529709)
That’s one of the biggest misconception I’ve experienced with developers. No one cares about whether you ship or not, unless it brings values. Shipping just for the sake of shipping is a fundamental misunderstanding of how a business works.
Re:The Resistance Is Real – Why Side Projects Are So Hard by closeparen on Sunday November 25, 2018 @08:52PM (#18530427)
Well, sure, but whether the software has business value is the concern of the PM. Developers are usually haggling over the balance between speed of delivery and quality, for a fixed set of requirements.