Comments on: Fast Sales-Driven Growth http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2009/11/fast-sales-driven-growth/ Software Development & Management Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:00:31 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Krishna http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2009/11/fast-sales-driven-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-4068 Krishna Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:15:21 +0000 http://www.thoughtclusters.com/?p=1134#comment-4068 Well, it doesn't have to be mediocre code. But you are right in that sometimes to gain business success, you may have to make compromises. Well, it doesn’t have to be mediocre code. But you are right in that sometimes to gain business success, you may have to make compromises.

]]> By: Matt Wilson http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2009/11/fast-sales-driven-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-4057 Matt Wilson Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:55:49 +0000 http://www.thoughtclusters.com/?p=1134#comment-4057 Musicians face this dilemma too. Do you want to be Britney Spears or Lykke Li? If you've never heard of Lykke Li, that's kind of the point :) She writes music her way on her schedule. She signed up on a tiny record label and barely tours at all. I'm a programmer, and I'm beginning to believe that for the same reasons that commercial music is mostly crap, to be successful in commercial software, you have to be willing to write mediocre code based on the whims of idiots. Musicians face this dilemma too. Do you want to be Britney Spears or Lykke Li? If you’ve never heard of Lykke Li, that’s kind of the point :) She writes music her way on her schedule. She signed up on a tiny record label and barely tours at all.

I’m a programmer, and I’m beginning to believe that for the same reasons that commercial music is mostly crap, to be successful in commercial software, you have to be willing to write mediocre code based on the whims of idiots.

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