Ask HN: How does a tech person work well in a fire-all-developers style company?

Re:Ask HN: How does a tech person work well in a fire-all-de... by Waterluvian on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @08:59PM (#19260223)

The least worst move is to get out. If that's not an acceptable answer, then your question is basically, "how do I become an expert deck chair arranger on my sinking ship?"

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Re:Ask HN: How does a tech person work well in a fire-all-de... by corp_confusion on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @04:02AM (#19261992)

I get what you say. But are you also saying it is not possible to communicate with that style management team, and not possible to educate them about the effects of lost institutional knowledge, etc?

I feel it must be possible. The question is how. How do you survive well in such an environment?

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Re:Ask HN: How does a tech person work well in a fire-all-de... by thedevindevops on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @08:39AM (#19263122)

Do you really think a fire-all-developers style management team is interested in being educated by someone in your position?

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Re:Ask HN: How does a tech person work well in a fire-all-de... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @11:42AM (#19264368)

s/interested/capable/

They have no love of the product. They have no love of or loyalty to customers. They have one target, to make money, and they have their system for doing it.

The only chance you have of changing them is showing them that they can make more money doing it differently. And, because they have their system that they think works, they're not likely to listen even to that.

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