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Re:Serverless: slower and more expensive by vkou on Monday September 23, 2019 @11:37AM (#21049906)
Imagine a new CTO or middle manager coming in, with a small ego, and a big need to prove himself, and initiating a make-work project.

What defense mechanisms does your firm have against this? Unless your team leads are golf buddies with the C-suite, it is unlikely that their opinions are going to be taken seriously.

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Re:Serverless: slower and more expensive by richmarr on Monday September 23, 2019 @12:33PM (#21050514)
How would your hypothetical defence mechanism tell which C-suite initiatives are worthwhile, and which are ego driven make-work?
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Re:Serverless: slower and more expensive by vkou on Monday September 23, 2019 @04:22PM (#21053166)
That's the thing. The two are indistinguishable, unless you give people with strong technical skills veto power on projects. If you don't work in such an environment, the only reason you haven't ran into a dangerous, idiot manager, is luck.

For some reason, in most firms, the c-suite isn't super keen on delegating that power.

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Re:Serverless: slower and more expensive by richmarr on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @12:04PM (#21072044)
> The two are indistinguishable, unless...

So are they indistinguishable or not? Two things can't be a bit indistinguishable.

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