There are, in my experience, two extremes of programming. Pretentious managers and bookwriters come up with terms like agile and waterfall, but I will use my own favored terms here.
Move fast and break things vs cover your ass.
Americans, when they're young and stupid are very much the former, and the older, fatter, and grouchier they get they become the latter.
Hindus never grow out of moving fast, and Chinese seem to be born to C-Y-A.
European programmers however subscribe to fuck it, that'll do. Unless they're German, then they're like was ist localization?
I must say I have already been exposed to these schools of thought through my university projects. Especially the 'fuck it, that'll do' school when deadlines are looming (or group-mates aren't pulling their weight). Glad to know it doesn't change much in industry.
There are, in my experience, two extremes of programming. Pretentious managers and bookwriters come up with terms like agile and waterfall, but I will use my own favored terms here.
Move fast and break things vs cover your ass.
Americans, when they're young and stupid are very much the former, and the older, fatter, and grouchier they get they become the latter.
Hindus never grow out of moving fast, and Chinese seem to be born to C-Y-A.
European programmers however subscribe to fuck it, that'll do. Unless they're German, then they're like was ist localization?
For project managers, yes, you're correct.
I must say I have already been exposed to these schools of thought through my university projects. Especially the 'fuck it, that'll do' school when deadlines are looming (or group-mates aren't pulling their weight). Glad to know it doesn't change much in industry.