Comments on: Who Would Want To Be Enterprisey http://dancres.org/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dancres.org%2Fblitzblog%2F2007%2F03%2F06%2Fwho-would-want-to-be-enterprisey%2F%23comment-&seed_title=Who+Would+Want+To+Be+Enterprisey Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:27:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: People Over Process » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-07 http://dancres.org/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dancres.org%2Fblitzblog%2F2007%2F03%2F06%2Fwho-would-want-to-be-enterprisey%2F%23comment-54&seed_title=Who+Would+Want+To+Be+Enterprisey/comment-page-1/#comment-54 People Over Process » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-07 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:33:51 +0000 http://www.dancres.org/blitzblog/2007/03/06/who-would-want-to-be-enterprisey/#comment-54 [...] Who Would Want To Be Enterprisey “For all that enterprise is big business and pays the bills, in many cases it’s not all that interesting.” (tags: enterprisesoftware work boring) [...] [...] Who Would Want To Be Enterprisey “For all that enterprise is big business and pays the bills, in many cases it’s not all that interesting.” (tags: enterprisesoftware work boring) [...]

]]> By: Doug http://dancres.org/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Comments+on+Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dancres.org%2Fblitzblog%2F2007%2F03%2F06%2Fwho-would-want-to-be-enterprisey%2F%23comment-53&seed_title=Who+Would+Want+To+Be+Enterprisey/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Doug Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:51:15 +0000 http://www.dancres.org/blitzblog/2007/03/06/who-would-want-to-be-enterprisey/#comment-53 It depends on personal preference. Do you work to live, or live to work? It seems reasonable that working on fun stuff is better than working on not-so-fun stuff. But working on fun stuff usually means working in not-so-fun conditions. Perfection once again eludes us. I got tired of crashed schedules and crashed companies, of long hours in crummy facilities, of tyrannical (and occasionally borderline psychotic) management, and of keeping my life on hold. I'm too old for that nonsense; my life was passing me by. Enterprise development works for me. As for talent, the folks that I work with are sharp and very experienced (maybe 20 years average). They know the business domain, and they know the software and associated human systems. I'm the newest guy on the team, only having been with the company for 6 years. The team members are all mature, with families and outside interests. We approach our jobs professionally, and at the end of the workday we leave the office behind and go do whatever it is that we REALLY enjoy doing. It's not for everyone. I suspect that there's a fairly strong correlation between age and type of software development. We don't have any young hotshots here, and those dazzling startups won't hire mature developers. It depends on personal preference. Do you work to live, or live to work?

It seems reasonable that working on fun stuff is better than working on not-so-fun stuff. But working on fun stuff usually means working in not-so-fun conditions. Perfection once again eludes us.

I got tired of crashed schedules and crashed companies, of long hours in crummy facilities, of tyrannical (and occasionally borderline psychotic) management, and of keeping my life on hold. I’m too old for that nonsense; my life was passing me by. Enterprise development works for me.

As for talent, the folks that I work with are sharp and very experienced (maybe 20 years average). They know the business domain, and they know the software and associated human systems. I’m the newest guy on the team, only having been with the company for 6 years. The team members are all mature, with families and outside interests. We approach our jobs professionally, and at the end of the workday we leave the office behind and go do whatever it is that we REALLY enjoy doing.

It’s not for everyone. I suspect that there’s a fairly strong correlation between age and type of software development. We don’t have any young hotshots here, and those dazzling startups won’t hire mature developers.

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