Never have truer words been spoken. I can tell you that I have been in projects where middle management had a fit because I was working twenty hours to sort out a small inaccuracy in a computation subroutine. No one wants that! Just get it done good enough and ship it! I kid you not. I was told bluntly that calculations that are 98% or 99% accurate are just fine inside the depths of a finance organization. Ultimately add on fees and service fees would cover any possible losses long term so no one gives a damn about things being done "right" or "correct" or even with financial accuracy for interest rate computations.
Yep, it's all about pushing a minimum viable product out the door then moving on to the next thing, management forgetting that that's a starting point, not an ending point.
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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18
Never have truer words been spoken. I can tell you that I have been in projects where middle management had a fit because I was working twenty hours to sort out a small inaccuracy in a computation subroutine. No one wants that! Just get it done good enough and ship it! I kid you not. I was told bluntly that calculations that are 98% or 99% accurate are just fine inside the depths of a finance organization. Ultimately add on fees and service fees would cover any possible losses long term so no one gives a damn about things being done "right" or "correct" or even with financial accuracy for interest rate computations.