Pitfalls of Guaranteed Success May 1st, 2008
Posted by Allan Branch
If you think success is guaranteed you will…
If you think success is guaranteed you will…
- Worry about Server Scaling instead of good UI.
- Hire people you don’t need instead of hiring the right people.
- Add features you don’t need instead of trimming the cruft.
- Your overall attitude changes and you…
- start believing you have all the answers.
- stop listening to users.
- You worry about what people will say instead of going with your gut.
- You opt for vanilla solutions instead of being bold.
- You turn into an asshole (might have already happened).
Posted by Allan Branch
well said.
oh, how true!
POW! Nice.
this is pleasantly thought provoking but waaay simplistic.
1. ignoring server scaling leads to disaster, just as ignoring UI leads to disaster. (this should not be taken to mean that I think all resources should go into server scaling.)
2. depending on the type of business, people may be much more likely to hire too many people out of fear of not getting the work done successfully during an up-blip in business than they are because they are thinking success is guaranteed. the result is similar but the motive isn’t the same.
hiring the right people is always key, of course.
3 + 4. yes, I support these. agree.
5. gut is not reliable. if yours has been you have been lucky. you said it in number 4. trust your gut to start but plan to iterate.
6. people go for vanilla out of fear more than anything.
7. well, sure. :-)
james
Right on!