Comments by "Martin Maat" (@MartinMaat) on "Reality Of Software Engineering | Prime Reacts" video.

I somewhat agree but believe the main issue is ignored. That is lack of direction. All the places I worked did not have a real owner/designer/lead who oversaw and controlled the whole thing. After an initial setup it's like all pick an issue and good luck, get help if you need it. That will deteriorate real quickly. All different styles, technologies, visions if any, and no one has the power to enforce anything or prevent anything from being added. In software development, having some procedures in place is not going to cut it. When it comes down to collective responsibility you already lost. So it spirals down and someone comes up with the idea that we need more testing. More unit tests, more integration tests, more testers. And thus the mess gets institutionalised and change or fixes are made impossible. It doesn't matter that much though because by now no one left is motivated or capable to change anything for the better anyhow.
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