I think that's possibly too simplistic. If the reason there's so much shit that needs doing is because the second guy didn't do it right first time then hiring the second guy might have been a mistake.
Maybe the first guy is just pissed that he has to put up with so much shit written by the second guy and is vocalising his desire to be free from it.
I prefer to think in terms of 'mean change turnaround' time; how quickly can your organisation or individual go from a problem or change request to functioning production system? If nothing ever breaks but new reports take 6 months, that's probably worse for business than the occasional outage and new reports taking 2 weeks.
Maybe the first guy is just pissed that he has to put up with so much shit written by the second guy and is vocalising his desire to be free from it.
I prefer to think in terms of 'mean change turnaround' time; how quickly can your organisation or individual go from a problem or change request to functioning production system? If nothing ever breaks but new reports take 6 months, that's probably worse for business than the occasional outage and new reports taking 2 weeks.