← Back to context Comment by SirHumphrey 6 days ago They were probably also opposed to some other things that failed.But then hindsight is 20/20. 2 comments SirHumphrey Reply sanderjd 6 days ago Yes, but honestly, I was this way at the beginning of my career, and I can't think of any examples of things I was right about.My most successful "this is doomed to fail" grouchiness was social media games (like Farmville).But I just can't think of any examples in the dev tooling space. mgraczyk 6 days ago Being opposed to things that fail is not important.You can rightly avoid new things 99% of the time, but if you miss the 1% of things that matter, you get left behind.On the other hand if you adopt the latest thing 100% of the time and 99% of those things are a waste, you will probably be fine.
sanderjd 6 days ago Yes, but honestly, I was this way at the beginning of my career, and I can't think of any examples of things I was right about.My most successful "this is doomed to fail" grouchiness was social media games (like Farmville).But I just can't think of any examples in the dev tooling space.
mgraczyk 6 days ago Being opposed to things that fail is not important.You can rightly avoid new things 99% of the time, but if you miss the 1% of things that matter, you get left behind.On the other hand if you adopt the latest thing 100% of the time and 99% of those things are a waste, you will probably be fine.
Yes, but honestly, I was this way at the beginning of my career, and I can't think of any examples of things I was right about.
My most successful "this is doomed to fail" grouchiness was social media games (like Farmville).
But I just can't think of any examples in the dev tooling space.
Being opposed to things that fail is not important.
You can rightly avoid new things 99% of the time, but if you miss the 1% of things that matter, you get left behind.
On the other hand if you adopt the latest thing 100% of the time and 99% of those things are a waste, you will probably be fine.