Far too many competent programmers/engineers/scientist are ignored to satisfy the ego of managers

And far too many competent managers are ignored to satisfy the ego of programmers. I see this happen just as often, Programmer says 'we have to do this using x and y' but the company is already standardized (which has many benefits) on a technology with all the advantages of x and y. Programmer throws a hissy fit and ends up quitting or getting fired a few weeks later.

And before you ask, the two companies I'm thinking of are still very profitable, and would have tanked if they went with the programmer's advice. So it applies both ways, but since this is a 'developer' site, you'll usually only hear one side of it.

In reply to Re: Re: Roll your own! by Anonymous Monk
in thread Roll your own! by Anonymous Monk

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