[heynowheynow]

When consultants suggest a "new" fad, they're all about charging money to help businesses adopt that fad to avoid FOMO. Predictably, there will be a new fad next year and the year after that. Waterfall: elevator control systems, agile: expense reports UI, and apply a blend to things in between.

[doctor_eval]

100% agree. I worked at a large telco where this happened. Brand-name consulting company “changed methodology” half way through the project and charged the customer for it.

I couldn’t believe it. But then again, we were quite literally the only team that delivered a product, so naturally we were seen as a threat and our contract was cancelled.

True story.

[heynowheynow]

Those who can't tend to hurl negativity and sabotage at those who do.

Or people who are too dumb or lazy to try language X or approach Y (minus fads) tend to reiterate how wonderful their stale way and obsolescence are.

There are people at my work (MAANG) who say Rust is too "esoteric" and "impractical" despite the whole company and industry moving that way, but they're comfortable in just now finding Go and being religious about it, maybe 8 years late to the party that's now over because it's "worse is better" shit in the long term. I'm looking around because I think my team is doomed since it lacks coherent leadership (the lead was playing with VR and skipped their own conference), it's full of "senior" people who lack professional career development goals and are uninterested in leveling, they're fine with ignoring software craftsmanship and tech debt, and they don't interact with me with any regularity. I can't get anything done or propose any ideas because the lead looks at me like Tucker Carlson before I can finish a sentence. They don't include me on anything, so I don't know why I'm there.