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> I'm an engineer, it's not my job to make up a number about how valuable some bug fix is or isn't.

So you think all bugs are equally important to fix?




No, of course not. That would be laughably absurd. So do you think I'm trolling or you're misunderstanding? Because who isn't familiar with triage?

Do you think every bug's monetary value is perfectly aligned with user impact? Certainly that isn't true. If it were we'd be much better at security and would be more concerned with data privacy. There's no perfect metric for anything, and it would similarly be naïve to think you could place a dollar value on everything, let alone accurately. That's what I'm talking about.

My main concern as an engineer is making the best product I can.

The main concern of the manager is to make the best business.

Don't get confused and think those are the same things. Hopefully they align, but they don't always.




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