An interesting blog post that I have decided to translate into English. Quite many fair points there. Special thanks to Stan and Heiti for help and support :)
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When I was saying...
A collective image, all similarities are coincidental
When I was saying, that you have to invest into community and User Groups, you were investing into table football instead. Now we have a lot of average football players and absolutely no community.
When I was saying, that you can not lure IT-guys into conferences with chocolate chip cookies, you were still buying pizzas, giving away t-shirts and iPads. Now every other event starts with a quest for free load and ends there.
When I was saying, that you should invest into employee education, you were still giving away money for endorsements and references. Now no one works, but everyone recommends.
When I was saying, that you can’t pay thousands of dollars to people who do not know the difference between an abstract class and an interface, you still kept on paying. Now everyone gets thousands of dollars, but f%ck knows what is the difference between an abstract class and an interface.
When I was saying, that you have to publish technical articles, you continued to hang around on Slashdot* and build up IT-company benchmarks. Now Slashdot is awesome, but still no technical articles there.
When I was saying, that you cannot call everybody “seniors”, you kept on doing that. Now we have hordes of 23-year-old seniors everywhere, but still f%ck knows what is the difference between an abstract class and an interface.
When I was referring to people-over-processes principle, you were still organizing agile hangouts and installing scrum-boards all around the place. Now everybody does “scrum”, but to be honest, the projects are still done as shitty as ever.
When I was saying, that you shouldn’t crack puzzles on job interviews, you kept on asking why are all the manhole covers round. Now everybody knows why manhole covers are round, but the abstract class and interface dilemma... well, you got my point.
Now when you say, that developers became too picky, you are absolutely right. Because you did everything right.
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* Originally refers to russian-speaking community habrahabr.ru
P.S.
By the way, we at Ignite do ask about the abstract class and interface stuff ;) So beware.
