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Re:Debate over 'fake work' in tech industry misses the real ... by intelVISA on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:42PM (#36671876)
You don't pay someone $200k to churn out CRUD - there's plenty of lowcode solutions like Flask for that!

I somewhat agree, though, the core issue with "paying for business value" is how difficult it is to really define that across an org.

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Re:Debate over 'fake work' in tech industry misses the real ... by somsak2 on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:25PM (#36676075)
>You don't pay someone $200k to churn out CRUD

I've got some bad news for you about what 90% of FAANG work is like

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Re:Debate over 'fake work' in tech industry misses the real ... by intelVISA on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @08:33PM (#36689002)
sure, but in most cases they're hired to deprive competition, not build products, your avg. shop doesn't have that luxury.
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