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0 pointsrincebrain2y ago0 comments

First, you get to the point that management thinks enough people won't leave no matter what they do.

Second, you find some sketchy thing to do that will boost revenue and burn people's desire to use your product willingly into the ground.

Third, you leave on your golden parachute and the company acts surprised that this proved toxic and changes nothing.

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p1esk2y ago

Sadly this is becoming more common everywhere. Companies (and individual people) just don’t care about long term prospects. This includes SWE industry: if people switch companies every two years on average, why care about things like tech debt?

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0 pointsrincebrain2y ago0 comments

First, you get to the point that management thinks enough people won't leave no matter what they do.

Second, you find some sketchy thing to do that will boost revenue and burn people's desire to use your product willingly into the ground.

Third, you leave on your golden parachute and the company acts surprised that this proved toxic and changes nothing.

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p1esk2y ago

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