One of my worst mistakes at my day job

Re:One of my worst mistakes at my day job by voidlogic on Thursday March 27, 2014 @04:09PM (#7483078)

>You just rewrote the app from C++ to Ruby on Rails

Unless the C++ app was poorly written (and thus some kind of maintenance nightmare) this seems a little backwards... I normally see CPU performance bound Ruby turning into C/C++,Go,C#,Java not the other way around.

Also, I'm trying to understand the moral of this story, is it:

Executing only matters if it furthers your bosses goals; furthermore, sometimes you need to explain how something you have done furthers said goals? (Surely this should happen before not after?)

Seems like common sense, but maybe I am missing something here..

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Re:One of my worst mistakes at my day job by drojasug on Thursday March 27, 2014 @04:50PM (#7483365)

Hello, Thanks for commenting. The C++ to Ruby on Rails was just a joke. Something to make an example. Maybe I didn't explained myself well. What I wanted to say was that what you should do must align to your company, product or team goal. Thanks again for the comment.

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