in reply to Re^4: Keeping, and advancing in, your job
in thread Keeping, and advancing in, your job
In addition, any change, no matter how small, has a certain risk associated with it. Larger changes have larger risks. A risk has a very clear dollar figure associated with it. It may be appropriate to leave an application in a crufty state, because of the dollar figures associated with changing it and not changing it. I work on an application that has that exact situation. It's crufty, horrible, and needs a complete rewrite. Except, that rewrite is being done by another group and I just need to keep it limping along for another year. It's one of my many tasks; I might spend 20 hours a month on it. Yes, I could rewrite it in that time, but that is wasted effort becaue the benefits to rewriting it are only gained by amortization - you spend $100 now to save $50/year over 5 years. You are still in the hole for two years and if you expect to turn the application off in a year, is it still worth it to rewrite?
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Re^6: Keeping, and advancing in, your job
by bwelch (Curate) on Mar 04, 2005 at 20:56 UTC |