I fully believe this to be true as well. Aside from possibly the endless red tape and bureaucratic hoop jumping of making a purchasing decision. "Promotion driven development" is a scourge. Endless waste of time and resources for everyone, including the company, but somehow management and leadership doesn't care. Make it look like you did lots of work instead of the right work and somehow that's what matters? I know growing up I was always told work smarter not harder, but apparently harder not smarter is what management actually wants. Personally I think they're too brain-dead to know the difference and just think hurr-durr more code mean better. It's been a pretty universal experience/observation for me.
The developers and managers alike are rationally responding to the incentives of the current market. If developing a tool no one wants will get you promoted or a chance at a higher paying job elsewhere and your manager gets credit for overseeing a hard working productive team, then why would you expect any different outcome?
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I fully believe this to be true as well. Aside from possibly the endless red tape and bureaucratic hoop jumping of making a purchasing decision. "Promotion driven development" is a scourge. Endless waste of time and resources for everyone, including the company, but somehow management and leadership doesn't care. Make it look like you did lots of work instead of the right work and somehow that's what matters? I know growing up I was always told work smarter not harder, but apparently harder not smarter is what management actually wants. Personally I think they're too brain-dead to know the difference and just think hurr-durr more code mean better. It's been a pretty universal experience/observation for me.
The developers and managers alike are rationally responding to the incentives of the current market. If developing a tool no one wants will get you promoted or a chance at a higher paying job elsewhere and your manager gets credit for overseeing a hard working productive team, then why would you expect any different outcome?
Oh I fully understand the incentives from the bottom up. I'm just calling a spade a spade, even if we know the why.