[dktoao]

I work for a large computer hardware company who I consider to have crippling amount of unchecked technical debt (with no payment plan). Recently I managed to ask the CEO a question in an all-hands meeting. More or less:

"What are your thoughts on managing technical debt across the organization?".

His response:

"I don't know what this technical debt you refer to is". Then he proceeded to answer the question as if I had asked about financial debt. This is the same person that allegedly said "Coding isn't hard, it's just typing!" according to some of the graybeard sources that worked with him when he was still a technical contributor.

I agree with the premise of this article that top decision makers at a company need to be familiar with and actively monitor technical debt (or whatever you want to call it). It can have disastrous consequences for the company. I see it every day.

[tcbawo]

> "Coding isn't hard, it's just typing!" Coding is thinking. He might be forgetting the thinking aspect of his own job.