There’s some salesmanship in boring but critical work also.
A younger me would scoff at needing to “sell/pitch” my work, but limited attention spans are real; busy bosses have no time to read the code.
For the boring yet critical work, a simple way to show progress is “it used to take X effort to do this, and with latest improvements, it takes (X-y) effort, saving $.” Just make sure ‘y != 0’.
A younger me would scoff at needing to “sell/pitch” my work, but limited attention spans are real; busy bosses have no time to read the code.
For the boring yet critical work, a simple way to show progress is “it used to take X effort to do this, and with latest improvements, it takes (X-y) effort, saving $.” Just make sure ‘y != 0’.