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>They get rewarded because they appear to move fast, eventually become management, and the whole thing gets worse as time goes on. We've got a winner. Devs res

>They get rewarded because they appear to move fast, eventually become management, and the whole thing gets worse as time goes on. We've got a winner. Devs respond to the incentives set by management, and the message I have received loud and clear, my entire career, despite protestation, is that I should ship faster and not worry about bugs so much, big or small. That I take pride in what I do is the only reason motivating me to not ship bugs. That and the thought of being the cause of an incident makes me physically ill, even though we have "blameless culture".

godelski 17d ago
> Devs respond to the incentives set by management But I still hate these types of explanations. We are not mindless automata. > That I take pride in what I do And I'm glad you do. I'm glad you don't reduce yourself to a mindless automata. I'm glad you set your own objective functions. I'm glad you see beyond the literal metric and the to the intent. I just hope that more can. That they don't shirk off the part they play, just because it is small. The world is made by all of us, not just those "above" us.