Geek Rants

Knowing where you are going and when gives one a feeling of stability, or 'a place in the world'. I find that having a plan that constantly changes was more demotivating than no plan at all. The problem of not having a plan commuicated to the programmers is that it means they can not use their own judgement to best help you achieve what you want. Instead they must just follow orders blindly, like a machine. As a result management should try to buffer some of the changes, so that programmers don't feel that they are blowing in the wind (hung out to dry).