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rnimmer t1_iwyfirm wrote

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this is just patently wrong. engineers "never get used again" until new features are needed? Do you have any idea what an on call rotation is? Prod issues? Critsits?

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ShowerGrapes t1_iwyot9s wrote

yeah, i only have 20+ years experience, genius

entire teams are hired to create a product and then not used again.

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rnimmer t1_iwzy7vc wrote

yay tech debt

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ShowerGrapes t1_ix7ohyc wrote

well yeah, that's the point isn't it? the question is whether you have a full time staff squashing the debt as it's acquired, potentially wasteful, or you hire a team to come back in once the debt accumulates enough that it becomes a problem then send them off again.

arguments can be made for both positions but it's certainly not anything new.

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