I genuinely believe there is large, systematic dysfunction in the software industry, because it’s so hard to measure quality and its long term impact, and management has a “if it works, don’t touch it” attitude that’s completely wrong.
And honestly you could just ask the people who design and build the things if they think they are good enough. That’s what we do in most other fields.
>Structural engineer: “this bridge is too weak, it needs reinforcement”
>Management: “No, we promised a new bicycle lane, please focus on building that. We’ll work on the foundations later.”
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[Link](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5621276) to the paper referenced in the article.
I genuinely believe there is large, systematic dysfunction in the software industry, because it’s so hard to measure quality and its long term impact, and management has a “if it works, don’t touch it” attitude that’s completely wrong.
And honestly you could just ask the people who design and build the things if they think they are good enough. That’s what we do in most other fields.
>Structural engineer: “this bridge is too weak, it needs reinforcement”
>Management: “No, we promised a new bicycle lane, please focus on building that. We’ll work on the foundations later.”