Comments on: I love my job http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2007/11/i-love-my-job/ Comments and thoughts on technology from Marc Hughes Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:03:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Russian marriage agency Russian girls http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2007/11/i-love-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Russian marriage agency Russian girls Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://rogue-development.com/blog2/?p=86#comment-193 Russian marriage agency Russian girls Russian marriage agency Russian girls

]]> By: Marc http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2007/11/i-love-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Marc Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://rogue-development.com/blog2/?p=86#comment-114 No. They won't be.<br/><br/>I also don't think they would be impressed by a fix to this bug causing a more serious regression.<br/><br/>I also don't think they'd be impressed by a constantly delayed product so we can "just fix one more bug".<br/><br/>I also don't think they'd be impressed if every one of our other products in development was delayed to fix minor bugs.<br/><br/>Software development is about making intelligent decisions to deliver the highest quality software that you can. Sometimes that means not fixing things in an ad-hoc manner but actually taking the time to plan, implement and test. Changing things at the last minute is rarely a good idea. No. They won’t be.

I also don’t think they would be impressed by a fix to this bug causing a more serious regression.

I also don’t think they’d be impressed by a constantly delayed product so we can “just fix one more bug”.

I also don’t think they’d be impressed if every one of our other products in development was delayed to fix minor bugs.

Software development is about making intelligent decisions to deliver the highest quality software that you can. Sometimes that means not fixing things in an ad-hoc manner but actually taking the time to plan, implement and test. Changing things at the last minute is rarely a good idea.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.rogue-development.com/blog2/2007/11/i-love-my-job/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Anonymous Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:45:00 +0000 http://rogue-development.com/blog2/?p=86#comment-113 Do you think your customers that encounter the bug will be impressed with your team's policy following discipline or do you think they'll wish the software they bought wasn't buggy? Do you think your customers that encounter the bug will be impressed with your team’s policy following discipline or do you think they’ll wish the software they bought wasn’t buggy?

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