[dmitriid]

Yes, true. In the end it comes to business decision. My focus on devs is mostly because it's devs who comment and complain on HN, so my comments are mostly geared towards them.

It's true, businesses (or people who run them) will in the end judge the direction where the company will go, and their judgment is often worse that that of developers.

So yes, I would replace "devs" etc. with just "companies" in my comment.

[SomeHacker44]

I wouldn't say "worse" judgement in general. Just "different" in general. I have had both "worse" and "better" cases.

However, the better integrated and communicated the company's goals and rationales are, the more aligned the judgements become.