Software Complexity Vs Experience, diagram:

https://www.awesomesoftwareengineer.com/assets/resources/arc...

The article seems to conflate complexity and scalability, but there's a kernel of truth to its premise. The larger the tech company, the more maddening the processes tend to be. Maybe the next generation of AI-enabled companies will be smaller and less bureaucratic.

Excellent article. It's even worse for people who can build and run small/medium products end-to-end (coding, infra, handling prospects and customers directly, being mindful of costs) and are made to report to engineering managers, who clearly understand only the coding part.

People absolutely do get promoted for simplicity. I've also seen promos rejected for over-engineering concerns as well. I get that the opposite can happen, and at the end of the day there is some subjectivity, and a good deal of optics involved in the promotion process at any large company, but don't be demoralized by this! The minute you give up your engineering judgment and ethical principles in pursuit of some perceived political path to promotion, you immediately lose credibility with the most competent people that you most would want to work with and learn from. I assure you they are sprinkled throughout all kinds of organizations at all levels, so don't let the bozos define your worldview.

I'm more and more realize this since work. People wrap their solution with BIG TITLE and fancy words, while many simple but practical solutions are underestimated or not taken seriously.

This text is so true and should be a must read for every manager. I liked the text very much and can only recomend

This article is AI written meaning someone prompted chatgpt to write an article and then pasted the output here

It is simple to be difficult but difficult to be simple.

This type of post is almost always a “why didn’t I get promoted” complaint in disguise.

If you want to do great work, do great work. If you want to be promoted, do what it takes in your organization. If someone told you those are the exact same thing, stop listening to that person.

Oh, the bad guy is a he, and the good guy is a she, and no one bats an eye!