Re:Asshole driven development
by clistctrl on Thursday December 10, 2009 @01:09PM
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My personal favorite not mentioned in the article is HDD (Hate Driven Development) When the only force accelerating progress on a project is your pure hate for everything the project represents.
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Re:Asshole driven development
by brianto2010 on Thursday December 10, 2009 @01:30PM
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Then what is the incentive for working? Maybe wanting to get the project over?
More importantly, what is the incentive for staying in the project (besides pay)?
Not having to seek new employment might be a motivation.
Your guess is exactly right, to get the project over with. Though I had thought about leaving several times, the other projects I've worked on are not so bad. Plus the company is fantastic.
Re:Asshole driven development
by brianto2010 on Thursday December 10, 2009 @04:05PM
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In that case, it's not exactly 'hate'. You seem to want to stick with your company because the value of the company as a whole is greater than greater than the opportunity cost of leaving it. You hate a given project, but you want to get it over with because there is a better project (possibly?) waiting for you after you're done.
In that case, it might be called 'Hope Driven Development' as your hope of getting good/not-bad projects exceeds the opportunity cost of leaving the company, and thus accelerates your development.
...or DDD -- 'Dream Driven Development' ;*)