Makers and menders - Finding Talent for Legacy Code Projects
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The document discusses the importance of balancing various developer roles in maintaining healthy software projects, including makers, menders, hackers, and crafters. It emphasizes that deferring maintenance can lead to significant negative consequences such as productivity loss and customer dissatisfaction, while fixing bugs can enhance business success. Additionally, it outlines project and people traits needed for different types of software development challenges.
Makers and menders - Finding Talent for Legacy Code Projects
- 1. @mscottford MAKERS AND MENDERS BY M. SCOTT FORD CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF CODE WHISPERER, CORGIBYTES FINDING TALENT FOR LEGACY CODE PROJECTS
- 4. @mscottford HI. I LOVE TO FIX BUGS. I’M SCOTT.
- 5. @mscottford “FEATURES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN BUGS” - ALL MY FORMER BOSSES
- 6. @mscottford ARE THEY? BOTH CHANGE BEHAVIOR. FEATURE BUG ADDS NEW CAPABILITY CORRECTS EXISTING CAPABILITY
- 7. @mscottford WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DEFER MAINTENANCE? NO UPGRADES CRASHES DATA LOSS WORK STOPPAGESLOWER PRODUCTIVITY SECURITY VULNERABILITIES BREACHES FRUSTRATING UX ANGRY CUSTOMERS BAD PRESS MARKET SHARE LOSS • • • • • •
- 8. @mscottford FIXING BUGS IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS FEATURES BUG FIXES ATTRACT NEW CUSTOMERS RETAIN EXISTING CUSTOMERS
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- 11. @mscottford HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 12. @mscottford MAKER (ADDING) MENDER (CORRECTING) HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 13. @mscottford MAKER (ADDING) MENDER (CORRECTING) HACKER (SPEED) CRAFTER (QUALITY) HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 14. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER MAKER (ADDING) MENDER (CORRECTING) HACKER (SPEED) CRAFTER (QUALITY) HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 15. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER MAKER (ADDING) MENDER (CORRECTING) HACKER (SPEED) CRAFTER (QUALITY) RAPID PROTOTYPER HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 16. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER MAKER (ADDING) MENDER (CORRECTING) HACKER (SPEED) CRAFTER (QUALITY) RAPID PROTOTYPER EMERGENCY RESPONDER HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 17. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER MAKER (ADDING) MENDER (CORRECTING) HACKER (SPEED) CRAFTER (QUALITY) RAPID PROTOTYPER SOFTWARE REMODELER EMERGENCY RESPONDER HEALTHY SOFTWARE PROJECTS NEED MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPER
- 18. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER RAPID PROTOTYPER SOFTWARE REMODELER EMERGENCY RESPONDER • NEW CONCEPT • MANY UNKNOWNS • REQUIRES MARKET VALIDATION • HIGH RISK OF CANCELATION • SHORT SHELF-LIFE • TIGHT DEADLINE PROJECT TRAITS • VERY ADAPTABLE • OPTIMISTIC • INVENTIVE • EXPERIMENTATIVE • THRIVES UNDER PRESSURE • “JUST SHIP IT” MENTALITY PEOPLE TRAITS NEW IDEAS IN A HURRY MAKER / HACKER
- 19. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER RAPID PROTOTYPER SOFTWARE REMODELER EMERGENCY RESPONDER • ESTABLISHED MARKET • USERS NEED MORE • MEASURABLE ROI • FEWER UNKNOWNS • STABILITY MATTERS • GROWING USERBASE PROJECT TRAITS • DETAILED • QUALITY-FOCUSED • DELIBERATE • USER-FOCUSED • EXCITED BY BUILDING NEW THINGS • PRAGMATIC PEOPLE TRAITS NEW THINGS BUILT WELL MAKER / CRAFTER
- 20. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER RAPID PROTOTYPER SOFTWARE REMODELER EMERGENCY RESPONDER • FREQUENT OUTAGES • SITE CRASHES • LOSS OF BUSINESS FUNCTION • FREQUENT CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS • POOR NPS PROJECT TRAITS • VERY ADAPTABLE • THRIVE UNDER TIME PRESSURE • DEFER ROOT CAUSE INVESTIGATIONS • INVESTIGATE FAST • EXPERIMENT WITH SOLUTIONS PEOPLE TRAITS TRIAGE AND FIX IT FAST MENDER / HACKER
- 21. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER RAPID PROTOTYPER SOFTWARE REMODELER EMERGENCY RESPONDER • LEGACY SYSTEM • UNADDRESSED VULNERABILITIES • RISKY DEPLOYMENT • HIGH TECH DEBT • CHANGE REQUIRES IMMENSE EFFORT • HUGE BUG LIST PROJECT TRAITS • DELIBERATE • QUALITY FOCUSED • PATIENT • PERSISTENT • DETERMINED • GOOD AT POLISHING • IDENTIFY ROOT CAUSES PEOPLE TRAITS BETTER BIT BY BIT MENDER / CRAFTER
- 22. @mscottford FEATURE BUILDER RAPID PROTOTYPER SOFTWARE REMODELER EMERGENCY RESPONDER BETTER BIT BY BIT MENDER / CRAFTER https://legacycode.rocks https://softwarecrafters.org https://maintainerati.org http://themaintainers.org
- 24. @mscottford CONTACT INFO M. SCOTT FORD scott@corgibytes.com @mscottford in/mscottford 804-596-2375 x701