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Re:Everyone is still terrible at creating software at scale by psahgal on Saturday April 10, 2021 @01:40PM (#26763334)
I find that the best senior engineers don't say "if you're not using Kubernetes you're a moron" and "learn how to sysadmin and you'll realize you don't need Kubernetes in the first place", but instead say "Kubernetes is fantastic for this use case because of these reasons..." and "sysadmin would be easier to use than Kubernetes for this problem because of these reasons..."

I'm not sure how one gets software engineers to justify and back up their decisions like this on a regular basis, but I suspect it would help management trust their engineers more.

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Re:Everyone is still terrible at creating software at scale by mavelikara on Saturday April 10, 2021 @04:09PM (#26764674)
> I'm not sure how one gets software engineers to justify and back up their decisions like this on a regular basis, but I suspect it would help management trust their engineers more.

More balanced senior engineers (I know anecdotally that there are lots of them) speaking up and challenging their fellow-engineers to justify their extreme positions will be a good start IMO.

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Re:Everyone is still terrible at creating software at scale by lanstin on Saturday April 10, 2021 @03:07PM (#26764109)
(Bad) Management chooses to listen to engineers that say agreeable things, not true things.
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Re:Everyone is still terrible at creating software at scale by psahgal on Saturday April 10, 2021 @07:11PM (#26766134)
If your manager listens to the engineer who says "Kubernetes is awesome and does all the things!" and doesn't listen to the engineer who says "I think Kubernetes is a bad idea for this project because x, y, and z", then yeah, it's time to find a new manager. Good managers listen to good advisors.
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