Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore

Re:Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore by Aperocky on Saturday January 04, 2020 @10:35PM (#21959457)

So you're basically saying, MBA's are making decisions based on guesses and feelings, which would then be formalized in PowerPoint slides.

I as an engineer like neither of those things. Research the market, create a product per spec, then write documents in markdown. The idea of business are not foreign to us, there are plenty of engineers who start business. And I think the balance is tipping over to the engineers.

In my opinion we don't need a dedicated decision making class. decision making is a skill that engineer can acquire - no need to involve people with no technical understanding into the equation.

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Re:Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Doesn’t Work Anymore by bumby on Sunday January 05, 2020 @07:10PM (#21965282)

>we don't need a dedicated decision making class. decision making is a skill that engineer can acquire

This statement seems to trivialize the skills necessary for good decision making. I would argue good risk based decisions and awareness of cognitive biases (not to mention more “science” based decisions from fields like operations research) probably should be based in formal mentoring/instruction.

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