Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo...
by quickthrower2 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @08:09PM
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yes. or better be a 10x for 4 hours a week. i feel like 10x is about flow not stress, so doing 10x might be easier than 1x ironically.
there is a disconnect about how companies mildly or jot so mildly “gaslight” employees into burning all of their energy on the job.
Its more cultural than profit-seeking. The profit seeker would want to maximise the effectiveness of the worker, by for example thinking hard about what work is worth doing.
The biggest waste i see is cancelled projects that could have easily been pre-cancelled. The next is features that are hardly used. Followed by technical debt and its impact
on velocity.
there is a disconnect about how companies mildly or jot so mildly “gaslight” employees into burning all of their energy on the job.
Its more cultural than profit-seeking. The profit seeker would want to maximise the effectiveness of the worker, by for example thinking hard about what work is worth doing.
The biggest waste i see is cancelled projects that could have easily been pre-cancelled. The next is features that are hardly used. Followed by technical debt and its impact on velocity.