Why does it take so long to build software? (2020)

Re:Why does it take so long to build software? (2020) by marklit on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:44AM (#25925420)

Aren't most developers in the world paid a salary or day rate and thus are paid for their time? What incentive is there for them to "hurry up" rather than sandbag?

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Re:Why does it take so long to build software? (2020) by fxtentacle on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:04AM (#25925524)

Plus they usually get no financial compensation for the extra work of making things work well.

There's a minimum quality level required to not get fired, and I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what most employees deliver.

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Re:Why does it take so long to build software? (2020) by mrwoggle on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @06:17AM (#25926838)

Of course, why go through the troubles of putting in the extra hours, if there is no financial compensation or appreciation?

Personally, I would just optimize stuff or propose new features for a product if I would learn something/gain experience out of it.

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Re:Why does it take so long to build software? (2020) by errantmind on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:18AM (#25925608)

Agreed. I would go further and say that is true of any salaried employee who has no significant stake in the business

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Re:Why does it take so long to build software? (2020) by ohadron on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:52AM (#25925464)

I want to say stock options, but I don’t really think it achieves this goal.

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Re:Why does it take so long to build software? (2020) by fxtentacle on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:06AM (#25925533)

I concur.

Stocks are too far away from the actual software. The CEOs stupid pet project might well ruin the company's financials, even though all of the engineers on the core team did a fantastic and highly profitable job.

So stocks are more bets on the CEOs performance than on the engineers'.

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