minware reposted this
Engineering observability is so far behind the physical world that it’s embarrassing. Imagine a factory running at 25% efficiency *for an entire year* and the CEO has no idea why. This would never happen. Everyone in charge would be fired after the next board meeting. Yet, the first thing the CEO (who had been there for nine months) told me after I inherited the combined engineering team following the sale of my last company was: “The engineering team has been working on XYZ project for the past year. It was supposed to take three months, and I have no idea why it’s late.” And he’s not alone! This is common with software businesses, and it’s totally insane.