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> The final straw however was "move fast and break things". Basically pump out change for the sake of change and let the end user do quality control.

The worst part is how this leads to more on-call and an increase in working off-hours.



Oh, exactly this! First I get lectured about how delivering a solution fast is more important than getting the technical details right... and then I get assigned for on-call duty. Because "move fast" means someone else gets a bonus, and "break things" means I have to fix the bugs over the weekend.


> Because "move fast" means someone else gets a bonus, and "break things" means I have to fix the bugs over the weekend.

This is a great quote, I'm going to steal this from you!




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