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slackinfux t1_j8v7a7j wrote

I hate the term 'dogfood'. Nobody eats their own dogfood. Nobody.

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Nerrs t1_j8wpppj wrote

It seems from a literal dog food company who's own employees would never feed their dogs the product they make because it was so bad.

This then caused them to recognize their inferior product and rally around improving it. It's a pretty important concept in managing a business, what employee performs well if they themselves wouldn't use the product they make.

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hesaysitsfine t1_j8xz99k wrote

What does this even mean in this context?

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luxmesa t1_j8yvrj0 wrote

It comes from the phrase “eat your own dog food”, which means “use the products you’re selling to customers.” The idea at tech companies is that, if you personally wouldn’t use this product, then customers won’t want to either. So by making your employees use it, they will inevitably figure out which parts of your product have problems and then those problems can get fixed.

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