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by jmondi 1004 days ago
You should read “Who Moved My Cheese”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Moved_My_Cheese%3F
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MR4D 1004 days ago
That's probably not the right lesson here. Perhaps you should read "I Moved Your Cheese" [0]. A short summary is here [1] - I highly recommend it.

[0] - https://www.amazon.com/Moved-Your-Cheese-Someone-Business/dp...

[1] - https://www.bkconnection.com/static/I_Moved_Your_Cheese_EXCE...

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jcarrano 1004 days ago
Well, a big part of my job is trying not to move other people's cheeses. In other words, keeping the major version of the software I maintain at "1".
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nextaccountic 1004 days ago
there is no law saying that you must migrate to another DE from time to time. you could keep using the same software your entire life

cheese moving, in this context, is not a force of nature. it's something that other people do upon you, and they could elect not to

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