Comments by "Michael Nurse" (@michaelnurse9089) on "The BEST and WORST Places To Work For Developers" video.

  1. I have worked a little bit on both sides of this issue - management and developer. The thing with the concept of technical debt is it assumes a stable business environment which is very far from reality in most startups. You need to communicate with non-technical managers using metaphors about what you are building. The best metaphor is the building industry. Some people build building only designed to last a week - for a trade show for instance. You need to be clear that 'duct-tape software' needs to be rewritten and refactored before it is anywhere near stable and that this takes MUCH longer than writing the first version of it. If they say 'there is no budget for that' then you should probably resign the next day and go somewhere with better understanding of what programmers need to do.
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  2. It might also be worth adding that you go through stages in your life and what appeals to you at one stage is often not the same at the next stage.
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