> “Every day that we don’t have this tool as specced, we’re losing millions of dollars.” There was no budging on the spec.
If this is life or death, then the first reflex should be to find ways to make things simpler to ship. I understand that the requester in this case was a head of finance, but sh*t, if you want something, try to compromise once in a while.
This is a great story, but at some point as an engineer in a gig-selling company, I would have asked myself if my job was really to re-build excel.
If this is life or death, then the first reflex should be to find ways to make things simpler to ship. I understand that the requester in this case was a head of finance, but sh*t, if you want something, try to compromise once in a while.
This is a great story, but at some point as an engineer in a gig-selling company, I would have asked myself if my job was really to re-build excel.