Engineering is keeping your knives sharp and your tools clean.
One of the oft unspoken things in software is that we let the talent do things that are prima facie suboptimal for the organization in order to keep them here and keep them vibrant.
Some minor boondoggles I used to think harshly about make more sense in hindsight when I think about my own mental processes when I leave a place or even when I’m just feeling demotivated.
I love to solve a problem and be done with it. Probably more than most. But... you have to keep moving, and it’s probably even true that there can be no sacred cows.
One of the oft unspoken things in software is that we let the talent do things that are prima facie suboptimal for the organization in order to keep them here and keep them vibrant.
Some minor boondoggles I used to think harshly about make more sense in hindsight when I think about my own mental processes when I leave a place or even when I’m just feeling demotivated.
I love to solve a problem and be done with it. Probably more than most. But... you have to keep moving, and it’s probably even true that there can be no sacred cows.