Comment by hemloc_io

I've also "shipped" projects at big tech companies and this level of bootlicking really doesn't deserve to be called "shipping" it's just delivering for your management. Using the term "shipping" is a great scissor statement because it muddies the water.

The mentality from the article is another symptom of the many issues Software Engineering faces as profession.

Namely that a significant portion of us think of ourselves not as engineers, who need to tell management to get fucked occasionally, but as optimizers for accolades from whatever group can dole out rewards. This starts off in academia and continues into the professional world.

Certain folks just want to build a technical fiefdom for themselves, or get headpats from people who are above them in any given hierarchy.

Yeah this is "how the game is played". Playing this game eventually leads to the death of your organization and is why we have a corporate life cycle in the first place.

Eventually people like this eat an organization from the inside, pushing out anyone with an actual opinion or who optimizing for actually getting things done.

Instead it's just pure mercenary behavior for your managements attention.