Ironically, even though I linked to another Spolsky post, this article could be a re-invention of the same basic presence he was outlining.
However, in framing it in my own experiences and cultural context, the re-invention was justified 😄
I really like this quote from that post.
Pick your core business competencies and goals, and do those in house. If you’re a software company, writing excellent code is how you’re going to succeed. Go ahead and outsource the company cafeteria and the CD-ROM duplication. If you’re a pharmaceutical company, write software for drug research, but don’t write your own accounting package. If you’re a web accounting service, write your own accounting package, but don’t try to create your own magazine ads. If you have customers, never outsource customer service.
I think a good takeaway is definitely to know what types of software you should be inventing and don't invent the other kinds, and that is going to be incredibly context-dependent. I think that's probably the issue with these broad statements in general, they require contextual wisdom and framing.
That's why we hang around on sites like this, so we can noodle on the context.
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Ironically, even though I linked to another Spolsky post, this article could be a re-invention of the same basic presence he was outlining.
However, in framing it in my own experiences and cultural context, the re-invention was justified 😄
I really like this quote from that post.
I think a good takeaway is definitely to know what types of software you should be inventing and don't invent the other kinds, and that is going to be incredibly context-dependent. I think that's probably the issue with these broad statements in general, they require contextual wisdom and framing.
That's why we hang around on sites like this, so we can noodle on the context.