A programmer is most productive with a quiet private office, a great computer, unlimited beverages, an ambient temperature between 68 and 72 degrees (F), no glare on the screen, a chair thats so comfortable you dont feel it, an administrator that brings them their mail and orders manuals and books, a system administrator who makes the Internet as available as oxygen, a tester to find the bugs they just cant see, a graphic designer to make their screens beautiful, a team of marketing people to make the masses want their products, a team of sales people to make sure the masses can get these products, some patient tech support saints who help customers get the product working and help the programmers understand what problems are generating the tech support calls, and about a dozen other support and administrative functions which, in a typical company, add up to about 80% of the payroll. Managements primary responsibility to create the illusion that a software company can be run by writing code, because thats what programmers do. And while it would be great to have programmers who are also great at sales, graphic design, system administration, and cooking, its unrealistic. Like teaching a pig to sing, it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. Spot on. Nice find by Karthik. joelonsoftware/articles/DevelopmentAbstraction.html Shane Amrit Rahul Ray Shubham Karanveer Catherine
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 01:19:06 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015