This is a friendly forum for the exchange of ideas, not a peer-reviewed journal.
You're proposing simpler fixes to a completely different problem. And you provided an INACCURATE TL;DR of a seven-sentence article. Hence, the downvotes.
Product development yields things like better vacuum tubes. I whole-heartedly agree with the article's position that companies are foolish to demand that 100% of their developer's efforts are spent on product development. I think any company that tries to be innovative should encourage unstructured development.
Some companies call them hack-a-thons. For one thing, they breed loyalty, camaraderie, and morale among the employees. Look up hack-a-thons, if you have any interest in retaining employees. With your attitude, I'm not so sure that applies to you.
VikingCoder, you're my e-hero. The article tried to throw out an idea for everyone to just think about and go "Hmm...interesting..." (as with most articles on hacker news). It amazes me that even with such a low character count, it was still able to fly over some heads.
This is a friendly forum for the exchange of ideas, not a peer-reviewed journal.
You're proposing simpler fixes to a completely different problem. And you provided an INACCURATE TL;DR of a seven-sentence article. Hence, the downvotes.
Product development yields things like better vacuum tubes. I whole-heartedly agree with the article's position that companies are foolish to demand that 100% of their developer's efforts are spent on product development. I think any company that tries to be innovative should encourage unstructured development.
Some companies call them hack-a-thons. For one thing, they breed loyalty, camaraderie, and morale among the employees. Look up hack-a-thons, if you have any interest in retaining employees. With your attitude, I'm not so sure that applies to you.