Define: "Resume-Driven Development" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"Do not attach your name to the project. Let them break the routing tables and take all the credit when it crashes."
The adoption of new technologies or architectures primarily to enhance an employee's professional portfolio rather than to solve a business problem.
What does "Resume-Driven Development" actually mean?
"An architect forcing a highly unstable containerized deployment onto a perfectly functional network just to update their LinkedIn profile."
"We must ensure our tech stack choices align with business needs and avoid resume-driven development."
"Thanks to Dave's resume-driven development, we are now running a proprietary AI microservice to manage the cafeteria menu."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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