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On Sun, 21 May 2006, Rene Krywult wrote:
> EVERYTHING was new, and
> there was no analyst to help me around. After one year of missed
> deadlines, frustrating working situation, severe reduction of
> performance bonus (40% reduction because of not meeting deadlines!)
Now I can appreciate two key differences between science and industry.
(1) In science nobody would punish a newcomer for being inefficient
during the initial period. (2) In science there are no performance
bonuses, or any other bonuses for that matter.
> So, if you want a programmer to be efficient in his first year at a
> position where he knows nothing about the topic, you need to give him an
> analyst who really knows his stuff.
Being an analyst is one of my current roles. I can also say, somewhat
reluctantly, that the first year seems to be two years now, and it seems
to continue.
> And while this is good and reasonable, most programmers get used to
> analysts. Instead of gaining knowledge on their own, they are forever
> dependend on the analyst and stop thinking.
That's what I just said.
> if something goes wrong, they can always blame the requirements.
Not a bad tactic.
> Others have been working on their own, only to get requirement changes
> every 2nd day.
I see it happening, too.
> They want requirements as a working contract, so that they can
> finish what they're doing before the requirements change....
Agreed. Requirements become a shield against unreasonable analysts.
W.
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