Re:Ask HN: If you want to send a programmer over the edge...
by noonespecial on Friday May 10, 2013 @05:13PM
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From my time as a government contractor: show a programmer a problem that causes significant waste, that he knows exactly how to fix and then forbid him from fixing it for nebulous political reasons.
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Re:Ask HN: If you want to send a programmer over the edge...
by mikegagnon on Friday May 10, 2013 @07:30PM
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When I worked over in the DoD world, waste used to send me over the edge.
Find zen by realizing that the political reasons for waste are not nebulous; the whole Pentagon system is designed to stimulate the US economy (through spending). Spending money is the point.
Politically, this waste is generally supported by legislators and their constituents. Which is why the B-2 bomber was built in 46 states. See: * Pork Barrels http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel * Spinney's "Defense Power Games" http://www.dnipogo.org/fcs/def_power_games_98.htm * Chomsky's "The Pentagon System" http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Chomsky/PentagonSystem_Cho...