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And if you don't have the people to complete or maintain these projects? Or how about when you build out a prototype and then corporate IT policies end up having you generate hundreds of pages of documentation and a massive Java application, when your self-hosted 2k LOC Python project met all business requirements and specs?

I'd rather be in a position that encouraged rapid, pragmatic development.

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Out of curiosity, why the downvotes? When I worked at a corporation, I tried to do what Ed recommended here, and these are the problems that I encountered.

> Out of curiosity, why the downvotes?

Don't worry about downvotes until time has passed. Things usually balance out.

I see that now, thanks :) I don't mind being downvoted, I'd just like to hear out any rebuttals to my comment.

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