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Alternative title: "Big Tech's Curious Absence of Innovation".

Am I the only one who thinks Big Tech is slow at shipping?



Yes you are because they ship an insane quantity of products with very high quality. I'm guessing you're looking to justify the existence of scrum?


I just think Big Tech not using scrum is a strange way to make an argument against scrum since there are sectors in tech that ship faster imo. So why not look at the fastest shipping segments and see what they use.

I would love to hear from Big Tech employees if they feel like they ship a lot. To give a baseline, 1k LOC per developer per week is a lot. That's what the highest performing teams can produce.


Are you trolling or stuck in the 60s? Do you seriously consider lines of code to be a real measure of productivity


Compared to who? Two-person startups can be faster yes, but all the Big Tech companies are legit racecars compared to (say) a bank or a pharmaceutical companie.

Also, shipping fast and actually innovating are not the same.




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