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0 pointslolive4mo ago0 comments

How does an engineer know that he is involved in a bozo-driven PoC or in a technical deathtrap that will end up as the core business of the company?

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kube-system4mo ago

Again, by communicating. If someone doesn't know what they are building, who they are building it for, and why -- then they do not have a solid grasp of the requirements.

loliveOP4mo ago

Never saw a subcontracting requirement document, stating "the solution is for a bozo-project. so don't spend ages making it robust for the future"

kube-system4mo ago

Effectively communicating as an engineer is not “reading a requirements document”.

If you’re just blindly implementing someone else tech spec, you’re not doing any engineering, you’re just programming.

marcosdumay4mo ago

Oh, that's easy. Can you point any real person waiting to use the thing?

In fact, that's probably the easiest question to answer on this entire discussion.

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kube-system4mo ago

Again, by communicating. If someone doesn't know what they are building, who they are building it for, and why -- then they do not have a solid grasp of the requirements.

loliveOP4mo ago

Never saw a subcontracting requirement document, stating "the solution is for a bozo-project. so don't spend ages making it robust for the future"

kube-system4mo ago

Effectively communicating as an engineer is not “reading a requirements document”.

If you’re just blindly implementing someone else tech spec, you’re not doing any engineering, you’re just programming.

marcosdumay4mo ago

Oh, that's easy. Can you point any real person waiting to use the thing?

In fact, that's probably the easiest question to answer on this entire discussion.

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