Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer

Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by Kon-Peki on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:28PM (#32491609)

My brother-in-law is pretty high up at a traditional manufacturing OEM. To be clear, they don't manufacture anything that has electronics or software in it (but there is a pretty decent chance your car has something they made). They have a Bay Area software office that does general tech stuff - manufacturing software, business software, etc. Internal things plus some B2C stuff for people buying/installing replacement equipment.

I asked how they liked the software and how the office was working out. The response: "Oh, we don't do it for the software. We can hire 100 people out of Ohio State or Michigan and pay them midwest wages and get the same quality. The SV office is for the connections and investors we get."

It's entirely possible that they know exactly what they are doing ;)

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by AlotOfReading on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @10:53PM (#32491760)

I know they're not stupid, but it's still very frustrating when you have to go and use anything such offices produce. So many unnecessarily cut corners and penny wise, pound foolish decisions.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by hef19898 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:05AM (#32492856)

That's quite the statement considering how many corners, to pick one examole, Tesla is cutting constantly.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by cbozeman on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:22AM (#32492655)

> Oh, we don't do it for the software. We can hire 100 people out of Ohio State or Michigan and pay them midwest wages and get the same quality.

No they can't... or they would.

Deeds. Not words.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by sjfidsfkds on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @02:12AM (#32492886)

I’ve encountered a bunch of people with that sort of background working that kind of job, it’s a real thing.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by nopenopenopeno on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:34AM (#32493399)

I don’t know why this is hard to believe. Not everyone wants to “grind leetcode” 24/7.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by dayvid on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:38AM (#32497023)

Yeah, I know someone who works at GE (in more traditional engineering). They have masters degrees and when I compare my salary or even someone starting out at a FAANG or Web 2.0/3.0 SWE with theirs, I'm genuinely surprised.

They also tend to not be aware of the salary ranges out there and I think these traditional companies are exploiting them because most of the engineers really respect the companies and what they stand (or at least stood) for.

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Re:Ford F-150 Lightning: Fast Truck, Slow Computer by freyr on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @03:58AM (#32493569)

They can, and they do.

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