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[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have more than 20 years experience. I’ve never once not gotten the “can we do it without refactoring?” question. Bad managers? Not necessarily, the pressure always comes from above. Short term thinking always wins out in the for profit private sector.

[–] fx242@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

In my case those almost never pass. Maybe you're the only one exclusively working on that system...? When you're one of a number of contractors competing to do something in software that cannot be regulated, you're basically screwed.

[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Then you don't give another option and only give estimates for doing it correctly.

If you're saying "I could hack it in for you this way", you're a cowboy dev.

[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago