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Re:Why KPIs are destroying businesses by robertlagrant on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @01:39PM (#37239512)
If a civil engineer is given specific instructions to make an unsafe bridge, that engineer does not obey those instructions. I think adult developers should behave similarly.
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Re:Why KPIs are destroying businesses by recursive on Thursday August 24, 2023 @10:16AM (#37249023)
The analogy starts to break down. Most software is less mission-critical than the structural integrity of a bridge. Meaning the consequences for failure are probably annoyance rather than risk of death. Not always. I would imagine the software for nuclear reactor or aircraft controls is in a different category, but most software is not bridges.
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Re:Why KPIs are destroying businesses by robertlagrant on Friday August 25, 2023 @04:29PM (#37266632)
Okay, but if developers decide that then at what point do you say it's okay to not treat them like adults?
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