Clearly they have the budget for a 32M failure. I’m inclined to think they’d be saving money.
Now whether they will or want to (the executives anyway) is a different question.
It’s much easier to tell your boss that the project failed despite the hundreds of developers working on it. Clearly nobody would have been able to do a good job of it.
I know it's hard. As a reasonably competent developer, why is it so hard for 5 of us to exist in one room? I know lack of hiring expertise is a big factor, I know salary is a big factor, but shouldn't this problem be solvable?
hy is it so hard to consistently find qualified individuals? Do most other industries experience this same problem at the same scale?
Pay them a million each and it still works out cheaper.
Ok so you hire 6 people for a million dollars a year. Turns out they’re not capable of delivering. Now what?
You fire them and had the same outcome as this case for $26 million cheaper
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Why do you think this is so difficult?
You can't even get the budget to pay the salaries of good developers at these kinds of companies, for starters.
Clearly they have the budget for a 32M failure. I’m inclined to think they’d be saving money.
Now whether they will or want to (the executives anyway) is a different question.
It’s much easier to tell your boss that the project failed despite the hundreds of developers working on it. Clearly nobody would have been able to do a good job of it.
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Because hiring tech talent is hard. Especially when you don’t have much tech expertise yourself.
I know it's hard. As a reasonably competent developer, why is it so hard for 5 of us to exist in one room? I know lack of hiring expertise is a big factor, I know salary is a big factor, but shouldn't this problem be solvable?
hy is it so hard to consistently find qualified individuals? Do most other industries experience this same problem at the same scale?
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