[hinkley]

The precious little framework idiots I worked with couldn’t even keep up with Node versions.

None of us can write most of this on our resumes, and we can’t just spend our way out of it.

What I really don’t understand is why people are so fixated on getting version 1 out the door. Like it’s the Mount Everest, and afterward it’s all easy sailing, or everyone lives happily ever after.

Anyone can ship a version one. It’s shipping a version 2 that’s hard. And it sounds like your coworkers, like quite a few I’ve encountered before, couldn’t ship a version 2. That takes pacing and stamina and reaping the rewards of having said “no” enough during version 1 to normalize it.