We have a huge underutilization issue in tech right now. The strategy seems to be to throw programmers and designers at the wall until they make something that sticks, but a lot of bad decisions come out of that strategy and it's not immediately apparent that they're bad decisions until users complain.
This has led to a lot of cyclical design cycles, reinventing the wheel, NIH, etc.
It's going to be damning to the tech sector if any of the big players (Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix, off the top of my head) need to tighten their belts, because they're going to be able to shed a ton of employees without losing a shred of profit or productivity.
We have a huge underutilization issue in tech right now. The strategy seems to be to throw programmers and designers at the wall until they make something that sticks, but a lot of bad decisions come out of that strategy and it's not immediately apparent that they're bad decisions until users complain.
And it apparently leads to shallow changes. While I am ok with the new design in OS X, there are a lot real problems that I would rather like to see addressed, such as: providing a better filesystem than HFS+, fixing the annoying 'sandbox apps set quarantine attribute' bug [1], making Mail work with GMail, make iWork on par with the old versions again, etc.
>We have a huge underutilization issue in tech right now
Ironic given all the articles on the problem getting good people. I guess the trouble is the winner takes all nature of the market means Google can have 1000 spare good programmers while most small tech companies have a job hiring one or two.
Google is aggressive in recruiting; I still get emails from Google[1] asking if I'm willing to relocate yet (I'm not). If small companies want good people, they're going to have to dedicate some time and effort towards getting those people. I've lost three very good techies to Micron recently. Good talent is out there, you just have to know where to look.
[1] - I'm not bragging or anything; I was declined an offer after my onsite visit, but that was also three years ago.
This has led to a lot of cyclical design cycles, reinventing the wheel, NIH, etc.
It's going to be damning to the tech sector if any of the big players (Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix, off the top of my head) need to tighten their belts, because they're going to be able to shed a ton of employees without losing a shred of profit or productivity.