In the future, there is a word that is very popular, and that is "procrastination".

In fact, procrastination has existed since ancient times, and most people who work behind closed doors and pursue perfection are people with a high incidence of procrastination.

In the business field, the development of various software programs has a similar imagination. There are many entrepreneurs who want to perfectly reproduce the ultimate ideas in their minds, nest in their own companies for ten years of consistent development, but when their products come out, the world has long been different, and the perfect needs he once conceived have been replaced by other platforms. On the contrary, some products that were very bad at the beginning can finally win the trust of users and gain a place in the fierce competition through rapid iteration and continuous deformation.

After countless painful lessons, people continue to summarize failures, and come to the right way for technical teams to work, which is the legendary golden rule: run in small steps, iterate quickly.

The embodiment of this sentence in programming work is: a small change in three days, and a big change in a month.

The product is updated as much as the product function is completed, rather than perfectly solving all the problems of a function before it is introduced to the market.

In this way, there is also a better reference for the performance of programmers (after the middle of the Internet, it is no longer applicable).

In short, the rigid standard of rapid iteration is the cure for the perfectionism of product managers and technical directors.

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Roy and Cethi had a two-hour meeting to explain their programming ideas to each other.

"What you say may have a point, but the risk of losing a lot of customers is almost fatal because an immature product can seriously affect the customer experience, and that risk is almost fatal."

Roy said: "You can guarantee that the code you write must be free of loopholes, and the customer will agree with it?"

"At least, there are no obvious problems, and if I find a bug later, I can fix it as soon as possible. ”

"Since there are problems with products, why can't we shorten the update cycle and gradually solve the problem like ants gnawing on elephants?"

"The key is that in such a short period of time, the problem may not be solved well, and it is easy to cause major programming accidents. ”

"Then you think I should do what you say?"

"I didn't say that, I just wanted to say that there were problems like this. ”

"OK, then do as I say. There are reservations, and we will see the effect in practice. Roy's patience has been completely exhausted, and he is almost expressionless in his order, and he has gritted his teeth and swears in his heart that he will fire this nasty guy in the future, it is too TMD to affect his mood.

Roy walked outside to see that it was already past the end of work, and the company's employees were almost gone.

He turned around and said, "I'm sorry, guys, because the website needs to go live tomorrow, so we're working overtime tonight." I'll book dinner. Come on. (Appendix 1)

When Sisi waited for Roy to leave, he complained, "I knew it was so." What a stingy boss. ”

Jonathan said: "But fortunately, there is not much work left, and it can be easily done in one night." ”

Arnold said: "I'm afraid that the art side is ...... It can't be done. ”

Jonathan said: "The artist is not in a hurry, as long as the main functions of the website are available, the boss's requirements will be met." ”

Sisi said: "Well, that doesn't sound too bad. I hope that nasty guy doesn't mess around anymore. ”

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Roy walked past Debra's desk at the door of the office and asked his colleague who hadn't left yet, "Where's Debra?"

"Boss, she's supposed to be off work. ”

"Off work?" Roy was speechless in surprise, his boss was still fighting, the assistant was off work, and he hadn't greeted himself yet, it was really a hell of a day.

"Is there anything I can help with?"

Roy looked over and saw that the colleague was a petite and delicate yellow woman with good facial features, black-rimmed glasses, and seemed to be Asian.

"What's your name?"

"Jamie, Jamie Allie. The girl said a little excitedly.

"Hey Jamie, can you do me a favor?"

"Yes. ”

"Help order five takeaways, pizza, burgers, one of which is yours. Remember to keep the receipt. ”

"Okay, boss, I'll go right away. ”

Roy nodded, and then looked at Debra's empty place, feeling even more irritated.

When will I be able to experience the feeling of being a god like Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett?

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If Cecy and Arnold hadn't applied today, Roy would have helped Jonathan build the website together, although he was very new to programming, but he could still help with the auxiliary code testing work.

But now that Sisi's arrogant genius has arrived, he just needs to supervise the progress. He no longer goes to work in the technical area, but returns to his office, burying his head in hard work, and there is always countless work waiting for him in front of him.

At three o'clock in the morning, Roy ghostly moved from his office to the tech area, and seeing that Arnold Carmen was the only one busy in front of the computer, he asked, "Are you the only one?"

"Oh, they went to the lounge to sleep, the website has been tested and there are no issues with the core functionality. I'm still busy with the art of the website, and I will probably be able to get a big frame out of the equation before I go to work today. ”

Roy nodded, thinking to himself that Secy's guy really had two brushes, and he was working fast.

"Good work. ”

After encouraging the staff, Roy went back to the inner room of the office, washed up briefly, and fell asleep.

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In the morning, after Roy washed and changed his clothes, he saw Debra concentrating on cleaning in the office.

Roy picked up the schedule on the table, crossed off the pending item for "communicate with Debra", and said to her, "Debra, come here." ”

Debra walked over and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

Roy pondered whether he was angry, or persuaded with good words, or expressionless, so entangled. He pondered for a moment and said, "Debra, our company is a start-up, you know. ”

Debra nodded.

"The company had a lot to do in the beginning, so ...... Overtime is inevitable...... Where did you go last night?"

"A colleague invited me to a party, and I didn't think it was good to turn him down, so I ......," Debra said pitifully.

“…… If you have special circumstances, leave work early and say hello to me. It's a critical time for the company, and I need you to be a professional warrior who can be on call at any time, understand?"

"I ...... I don't really understand ......"

Roy looked at each other's cute and ignorant appearance, and really felt that they were people from two worlds. He explained word by word: "You...... Need...... Every day...... Overtime!"

"Is there any overtime pay?"

"No...... There will be promotions, bonuses, options, and so on in the future. ”

"That's right. Debra looked upwards as if she was thinking about life.

What the hell is this?!Roy felt the urge to vomit blood.

[PS] Appendix 1: Overtime is not a phenomenon unique to developing countries, many companies in developed countries also need to work overtime, and in the United States, voluntary overtime groups are generally elite. Ordinary ** naturally has no willingness to work overtime, and if the boss forces them to work overtime, they will sometimes choose to resign. As for overtime pay, most companies have it.

The most frightening thing in the overtime industry is the RI society, even college students who have graduated from prestigious schools will be required to work overtime.

Karoshi: Death from overwork. The word is derived from Japanese, and Ri's own overtime culture has become so frenzied that he has contributed a new vocabulary to English.

Riben's overtime is still very exaggerated collective overtime, if everyone else is still on the job, you leave first, it will be considered as uneducated and basic workplace etiquette, and you will be excluded by your boss and discussed by your colleagues. It's really scary.