I think the greenfield aspect is deceptively responsible for so much damage. You want a good robotics engineer? Get someone that has made many robots. Want a good aeronautics engineer? Similarly, lots of aeronautics.
Software engineer? We assume lots of software. But, this would be akin to assuming all of the other engineers were simply "mechanical engineers." To an extent, true. And there will undoubtedly be polymaths good at many.
However, if you want someone to ship a Todo App on time, get someone that has done one before. A financial app? Same. ML Pipeline? Same.
Instead, we get someone that succeeded at getting an app in some field out, and assume they know how to get the same in another field. And are then shocked when they are unable to estimate something they have never done before. Or why they spend their time shaving yaks that they know, without typically providing new value to their users.
You want someone to do good at delivering what you are building? Make sure this is not their first time building it.
Software engineer? We assume lots of software. But, this would be akin to assuming all of the other engineers were simply "mechanical engineers." To an extent, true. And there will undoubtedly be polymaths good at many.
However, if you want someone to ship a Todo App on time, get someone that has done one before. A financial app? Same. ML Pipeline? Same.
Instead, we get someone that succeeded at getting an app in some field out, and assume they know how to get the same in another field. And are then shocked when they are unable to estimate something they have never done before. Or why they spend their time shaving yaks that they know, without typically providing new value to their users.
You want someone to do good at delivering what you are building? Make sure this is not their first time building it.