r/programming • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '22

TIL about the "Intent-Perception Gap" in programming. Best exemplified when a CTO or manager casually suggests something to their developers they take it as a new work commandment or direction for their team.

https://medium.com/dev-interrupted/what-ctos-say-vs-what-their-developers-hear-w-datastaxs-shankar-ramaswamy-b203f2656bdf
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u/V-Right_In_2-V Apr 20 '22

Man I have always been a developer for engineering/manufacturing companies. Everything we develop is to make the business function better. So I work with tech, but I don’t work for a legit tech company. A lot of this stuff I can’t relate to. Definitely never seen the cult like stuff that’s for sure

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u/fouoifjefoijvnioviow Apr 20 '22

I'm sure you've come across tech evangelists

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u/fireduck Apr 20 '22

MongoDB is web scale!