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A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work

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  1. nmehner · · focus · HN ↗
    "inventing work" = "requirements engineering"

    "Inventing work" is a strange phrase to use imho.

    1. groestl · · focus · HN ↗
      I think it's a fundamental difference in philosophy. Does the work exist, and you discover it? Or does it start existing as soon as you think about it? This person seems to subscribe to the latter world view.
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