[ash_091]

> we just didn't care. Upper management seemed happy enough

This is very relatable. Management want X, engineers recognise X is dumb and deliver something that sorta looks like X, management see something that looks like X and are happy.

[professorseth]

You are exactly correct.

[bambax]

Yes, but it's still amazing coming from Amazon. Everyone hates Amazon now but it's hard to argue they're not incredibly successful; how did they get where they are if they're staffed with Dilbert's boss types?

[cheapsteak]

I wonder if the start of the causal chain (or at least the intended audience) might be book publishers rather than people in Amazon