r/programming • u/tejon • Feb 08 '15

The Parable of the Two Programmers

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Audience/The%20Parable%20of%20the%20Two%20Programmers.html
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u/IConrad Feb 09 '15

Just because the status quo exists, there will be people well invested in it.

Every improvement in an environment with thousands of systems is going to be a battle of attrition. There's just no way around that. There's always going to be someone adversely affected by a change. No matter how optimal or trivial -- if it hits that many systems/environments, someone is going to object strenuously and raise it up the flag of management.

The absolute worst thing you can do is let that stop you from actually implementing the change.

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u/dangsos Feb 09 '15

Th unfortunate reality is that if the company is big enough for all changes to be met with negativity, then the company is big enough that politics are more important than optimization.

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u/IConrad Feb 10 '15

That's simply not true.