Re:A personal story about 10× development
by karmakaze on Friday July 19, 2019 @09:38AM
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The story has survivorship bias. I have similar stories that are exactly the opposite. Started on a prohecr, refused to ship crap, shipped the right thing late to the delight of customers and supporting staff.
The other main point is that while I'm doing this thing that gained cred and leeway, at the time I'm just trying to do the right thing in the eyes of people who have to deal with it first hand over the long term including maintainers of the software. At no point dud I think if I do this and look good I'll have the points to fix my mess later or any sort of gaming strategy at all.
Re:A personal story about 10× development
by dllthomas on Friday July 19, 2019 @11:54AM
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It can also go the other way in that your shipping in the face of adversity can be taken as evidence that the adversity isn't actually that bad. And... that's kinda legitimate, although weighting it too heavily is bad.
The other main point is that while I'm doing this thing that gained cred and leeway, at the time I'm just trying to do the right thing in the eyes of people who have to deal with it first hand over the long term including maintainers of the software. At no point dud I think if I do this and look good I'll have the points to fix my mess later or any sort of gaming strategy at all.