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I am not denying that at all. I know my share of carpenters and if they are in a pickle, they might take on a job like that, and swear about it like there is no tomorrow all the way to the bank.

What I found remarkable wasn't that there are badly managed projects, but that there are software devs who seem to think there is no other way than doing it like that.

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Yep, I have met a few developers like this. A lot of them would not even question the situation or explain it is not a food idea doing things a certain way. They would just take the path of least resistance.

I think the abundance of jobs - maybe not anymore? - also added to the problem.

I’ve received countless CVs where the developer didn’t stay at the same job for more than a year, max two. Now, it could be that some of the jobs sucked, bit it is highly unlikely that all of them sucked.

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