Workday project at Washington University hits $266M

Post by Esophagus4 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 1:13 PM UTC

roryirvine wrote: post #89

Esophagus4 wrote: post #36

I've always thought it would be interesting to be the guy called in to clean up these messes. That's where I'd love my career to go... being called in to turn around a sinking ship. Technology projects have a habit of going wildly off the rails, especially if you're not at ${bigTechCo} with a really mature software factory pumping out large projects consistently, so it seems like there'd be no shortage of mess to cle…

As a consultant, I do actually quite enjoy proper shitshow engagements - not least because, from a very selfish point of view, it's often possible to make a really obvious positive impact, which is really satisfying. For a situation as bad as the one described here, though, the scope for an individual engineer - no matter how experienced - to turn things around is going to be limited. The core problem is almost certa…

Post by UncleMeat » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

andrewbutts wrote: post #83

basket_horse wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s engineering, not research

PhD in engineering is a thing

Post by zippyman55 » Tue, Dec 16, 2025, 4:10 PM UTC

rayiner wrote: post #92

It’s horrifying to peak into industries you’re unfamiliar with and see what’s going on. It’s like lifting up the rotting log on your property. You just want to quickly put it back down. WUSTL has more administrators than students: > Academic staff 4,551 (2024) > Administrative staff 17,979 (2024) > Students 16,399 (fall 2024) University of Munich, a prestigious university in German, has only 8,200 administrators for…