Anxiety in product development
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Anxiety in product development
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Re: Anxiety in product development
#2While I agree with this framing of the problem, it feels like another expression of dysfunction in development increasing as direct interaction with clients and users decreases.
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#3While I agree with this framing of the problem, it feels like another expression of dysfunction in development increasing as direct interaction with clients and users decreases.
This post more than describes the phenomenon. It explains why it happens and gives actionable advice other than "talk to the client more"
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#4While I agree with this framing of the problem, it feels like another expression of dysfunction in development increasing as direct interaction with clients and users decreases.
Author here. I think you have a point here. Anxiety can certainly stem from the point you mentioned. But I also think anxiety from other sources can affect your development negatively.
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#5Funny, to see this pop up finally.
I've been talking (with my friends) about how all development is 'fear driven development' for quite a while now.
Of course I don't mean just software development, but the way it manifests in software is instructive.
The different fear responses range from formal methods to FOMO but in general we latch onto something as a source of comfort.
Conway's law expanded to how you communicate with yourself.
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#6The intersection of people understanding both Catch-22 and Permit A 38 is probably pretty small.
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#7The intersection of people understanding both Catch-22 and Permit A 38 is probably pretty small.
For those, like me, wondering what Permit A 38 is: https://asterix.fandom.com/wiki/The_Place_That_Sends_You_Mad
I wasn't familiar with it before, but might start using it, as it's unfortunately relevant at work.
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#10The intersection of people understanding both Catch-22 and Permit A 38 is probably pretty small.
For those, like me, wondering what Permit A 38 is: https://asterix.fandom.com/wiki/The_Place_That_Sends_You_Mad I wasn't familiar with it before, but might start using it, as it's unfortunately relevant at work.
I think OP is from Austria (like me), and we all grew up with those movies. The scene with Permit A38 is especially memorable (to the point of becoming a kind of meme), as it perfectly describes the helplessness one feels when dealing with overly bureaucratic processes.