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Weird How That Works

Weird How That Works
The eternal paradox of software development budgets! Companies will pinch pennies when it comes to investing in proper architecture, clean code, or adequate testing time... but then magically find a mountain of cash when it's time to rewrite the entire codebase because the technical debt finally collapsed like a house of cards. It's the corporate equivalent of refusing to pay for an oil change but happily buying a new engine when the old one seizes up. Technical debt interest rates are brutal , folks!

When You Measure Success By Lines Of Code

When You Measure Success By Lines Of Code
Measuring developer productivity by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. The irony here is delicious – the engineers who write the most elegant, efficient code that handles critical infrastructure like security and performance probably wrote the fewest lines. Good security code is minimal and precise. Meanwhile, the person who copy-pasted 10,000 lines from Stack Overflow to make a button slightly rounder just got promoted to Chief Engineer. The tech industry's equivalent of promoting surgeons based on how many incisions they make rather than how many patients survive.

Job Security In AAA Right Now

Job Security In AAA Right Now
Ah, the gaming industry's version of a Catch-22. Warner Bros just axed multiple game studios regardless of their performance. It's like working at a restaurant where the chef gets fired whether the food is terrible, amazing, or breaks Michelin star records. The gaming industry's new business strategy: "Let's fire everyone and see if that helps quarterly earnings." Spoiler alert: it won't, but some executive will get a nice bonus for "optimizing workforce resources." Nothing says "we value creativity" like shutting down studios that made incredibly successful games. Next quarter's strategy meeting: "Why can't we find good talent?"