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substitute ([personal profile] substitute) wrote2004-08-25 12:34 am

technology companies redux (lower case)

given an efficient and reliable engineering process, marketers will demand features until the process becomes unworkable and key people leave in disgust. these people will be replaced with cheaper employees who will not understand anything. at this point a stable state ensues in which marketers are unsatisfied with progress and engineers are sleepless. the end

[identity profile] halfjack.livejournal.com 2004-08-25 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
I'm certain you can prove this with a fairly simple simulation.