Things To Ponder - Part 3
... companies with architecture teams, don’t trust their developers. Does your employer trust you?...
In an O’Reilly Network interview Jason Fried of 37signals said:
It’s all a matter of trust. If you don’t trust your developer to choose the right environment, then how can you trust him to build the best application? Trust is critical here. And, further, why would you dare impact your developer’s morale by throwing him or her into a language where he can’t be as productive or as satisfied?
A consequence of this line of thinking is that companies with architecture teams, don’t trust their developers. If you work in a company with 5 levels of architects, they really don’t trust you.
Does your employer trust you?
Posted on November 10th, 2005 | 2 comments | Commenting Closed
Alex Bunardzic November 11th, 2005 @ 11:53 PM
I was one of those 5 architects. And yes, the motto of the organization was: “we won’t allow ourselves to become the hostages of the developers!”
So yes, they didn’t trust the developers. No way!
What was also funny was that there was a pecking order of architects, with different levels of pay and carrots at the end of the stick, but the job descriptions were identical.
Deirdre Saoirse Moen November 13th, 2005 @ 10:11 AM
I’m so glad I’ve never been in a company with five levels of architects. Then again, I probably would have run screaming from the interview, y’know?