Shareholder value had to be increased, don't you understand?!
replyMore likely: "People needed to get promotion packages, don't you understand?!"
replyI would guess many of the bad changes are caused by perverse incentives which do not even help shareholder value.
My mental model remains that the Windows team is mostly governed by designers on Macs who want to see a user-visible change to get their promo and never use Windows.
replyBecause mortages need paid, and when you’re working as a programmer, you deliver what the top brass wants
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