Why It’s Great to be a Dev

re: Why It’s Great to be a Dev

Chris Becker — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:53:09 GMT

I disagree. While that may come from some future changes in the industry, currently developers are not faced with emergencies which require immediate fixes on a routine basis. In the end you want the right fix, not the quick fix. If code has to be changed and deployed to customers in a few hours, then there is something wrong with the servicing model. Changes need to be tested. The "emergency" fix on a web service falls to IT to contain the problem by switching servers, rolling back a patch or other mitigating strategies. The developer provides the long term fix, not the short term.

re: Why It’s Great to be a Dev

Rich — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:36:02 GMT

Your point about not being on call is wrong. I can name many companies in the industry where devs get the "pager of death" (including the company you work for). Windows has this concept, Amazon has this concept, and I am sure more teams inside Microsoft will have this as we move to a more SaaS world.

re: Why It’s Great to be a Dev

Ryan — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:22:10 GMT

I know I'm commenting really late on this post, but I love not dealing with customers. I've done enough tech support for one lifetime.

Over the Rainbow

CoolBeans: From College to Industry — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:10:39 GMT

Moving was fun. At least I thought it was fun. I had absolutely no furniture, so before the movers came