Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life wasted (2013) [video]

Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by inanutshellus on Monday March 16, 2015 @12:20AM (#9209841)

I push back when the business hands me implementation in requirements (e.g. "Make me a button that rings a bell 10 seconds after I click it" versus "I need to know when a query finishes; it usually takes 10 seconds." which leads to "holy CRAP, that query takes 10 seconds?! Lets solve that!").

The first few times I did it, it caused a bit of an uproar, but very quickly they came to realize that they got better quality software when the person making it understood why he was making it.

Likewise, if you're in an environment where you're an eyes-down bricklayer (and unhappy about it)... Maybe it's time to put your big-boy pants on.

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Re:Programming is terrible – Lessons learned from a life was... by marcus_holmes on Monday March 16, 2015 @02:34AM (#9210156)

I agree, and I've done the same, but I do find it ridiculous that we have to be the ones to fight the battle.

This is all known stuff, there's endless research and case studies showing that providing creative programmers with autonomy and authority over their environment creates massively better software results.

But the illusion of control is hard for some people to let go, I guess.

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