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.
> Clearly they have the budget for a 32M failure. I’m inclined to think they’d be saving money.
The company would, but the relevant executive would be worse off. A $xx million consulting engagement failing is the consulting firm’s fault (politically speaking). Hiring and directing a $y million team that fails is the fault of the exec in charge.
Executives in large companies are frequently not the bumbling idiots they’re portrayed as - their decisions make perfect sense in terms of protecting and advancing influence within the company, which wins out over good execution in driving decisions.
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?
Most people aren’t competent. Most people are also poor at evaluating competence. And most orgs don’t actually have harsh hiring and firing policies to try and address this. Not that they would work anyway because of (2).
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.
> Clearly they have the budget for a 32M failure. I’m inclined to think they’d be saving money.
The company would, but the relevant executive would be worse off. A $xx million consulting engagement failing is the consulting firm’s fault (politically speaking). Hiring and directing a $y million team that fails is the fault of the exec in charge.
Executives in large companies are frequently not the bumbling idiots they’re portrayed as - their decisions make perfect sense in terms of protecting and advancing influence within the company, which wins out over good execution in driving decisions.
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?
Most people aren’t competent. Most people are also poor at evaluating competence. And most orgs don’t actually have harsh hiring and firing policies to try and address this. Not that they would work anyway because of (2).