Launch services where/are a good source of hard currency for the Ruskys. The rest of the world has supported Russia's space program as it delivers good value. To say nothing of the chaos that would happen if the technical staff hit the world job market.
Other than that, they have oil/gas/weapons/prostitute exports. Not a diverse economy.
If the place is hell to you and you're just not a fit, don't 'lean in', waste of time. Their definition of 'improve' is likely questionable at best.
The thing you do want to do is respect your coworkers right to the end, fuck the PHB. Former coworkers are the network that makes your life. They also have realistic understanding of who actually gets things done. They aren't PHBs with useless, easy to game metrics.
The last reason to respect your coworkers, is so you can subsequently run an employee raid on the hellhole. Every hellhole has a few 'heroes' that do 99% of the actual work. When you get your next job, be sure and thank the last place by hiring away their only real workers. Be careful, don't come right out and say anything in email. Learn the 'Clinton' lesson, meet up with former trusted colleagues for pool and make plans IRL.
Of course if you are an actual idiot, none of the above applies.
If they are just stupid and are busting ass to produce 'good enough', then fine.
But you can't let people work 'just hard enough not to get fired' and be a place where anybody in their right mind would want to work.
The hard fact is that bigger core teams lose efficiency. You can only tolerate slack jaws in peripheral roles or the team size balloons and you fall into the communications overhead trap.
If worked with a few people that could be fairly called: 'defects in process'.
What do you call a 'programmer' that comes to you with a piece of dynamic SQL that fails, utterly lost. The string contains concatenation operators from the language building the SQL? He has, again, forgotten that there is such a thing as a SQL console, good for seeing meaningful errors and query plans. (Of course, Brahmin. Yes I am a Casteist, never hire Brahmin.)
Basic group psych, Most people will lower their work standard/output to match the lowest performing co-worker that 'gets away with it'.
Internally motivated individuals are uncommon, even they mostly 'get over it' after some period of watching co-workers continue to 'get away with it', especially if the co-workers getting by are actually ranked/rewarded better.
There is nothing that can wreck a team faster than some mouth breathing ass kisser getting a big promotion, raise and bonus. Especially if everybody sees the resulting trainwreck coming.
The sad fact is that you can't allow even one 'bad one' in the core of a good team. Really good teams actually protect themselves.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with Amazon though. That place is an obvious political hornet's nest, staffed with people working just hard enough not to get fired, while politicking their asses off.
It says right in the Agile manifesto: 'People over process'. It also says to hire: 'Competent enthusiastic professionals'.
How many 'scrum masters' have you met that you would describe as 'competent enthusiastic professionals'? None? One, but (s)he was forced into the role?
The problem, as always, is PHBs hear only the parts they want to hear. From Agile they heard: 'No planning, Constant customer interaction with devs, Ship often'
If you are interviewing with an Agile shop one question you need to work into the conversation is 'how does your pay scale compare to local industry averages?' The answer you don't want to hear is: 'Our pay is about standard for the area'. It's a tell that, they are _not_ agile. 'Competent enthusiastic professionals' are in fact uncommon in the industry and don't work for peanuts. What you want to hear is something along the lines of 'Our team is made up of mostly experienced to very experienced professionals, who make senior dev pay scale?'
One thing that's flat impossible: To be agile and to employ only recent college grads.
My priorities as well. Actually I need to build the shop first. Current garage is #1 priority item on capital improvements list.
Even if I had the space, a mass spec would be right out. Clean used Haas toolroom mill and lathe on the other hand. I could build a monster...damn surly villagers.
I love the H-13 tool steel, pain in the ass that it might be.
But I can't afford or want to make all my own tools. I've seen the best steel turn brittle in punishing environments. An impact socket is punished (still not an injection mold ejector).
Wish there was a tom's hardware or anadtech for old school tools. The market would justify it. I'd love to know the chinese company making _great_ tools, and I know that company is having a hell of a time being noticed more than 100 km from home.
Consumer reports has been useless regarding cars for far more than ten years. I'm on 30+ years since they 'jumped the shark' for me. That was a review of the 84 'vette...
Everything is rated as an economy car. Corvette? Rated 'unacceptable' because it's not a economy car. No doubt it's ride is also 'too firm'. God knows what they'd say about yellow konis 'turned up to 11'*.
Seriously though. People are either CR or Top Gear. If you are CR just stay the fuck out of the fast lane.
* Not really, only one crank. No doubt they'd call them 'assault shock absorbers' or some such BS.
Not what is used. Boxes turn up in the trunks of partisans cars after they know exactly how many 'votes' they need and are counted. How Al Franken got elected.
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Launch services where/are a good source of hard currency for the Ruskys. The rest of the world has supported Russia's space program as it delivers good value. To say nothing of the chaos that would happen if the technical staff hit the world job market.
Other than that, they have oil/gas/weapons/prostitute exports. Not a diverse economy.
You deserve a DevOps position. Then you would appreciate having a line or two of support people between you and the users.
If the place is hell to you and you're just not a fit, don't 'lean in', waste of time. Their definition of 'improve' is likely questionable at best.
The thing you do want to do is respect your coworkers right to the end, fuck the PHB. Former coworkers are the network that makes your life. They also have realistic understanding of who actually gets things done. They aren't PHBs with useless, easy to game metrics.
The last reason to respect your coworkers, is so you can subsequently run an employee raid on the hellhole. Every hellhole has a few 'heroes' that do 99% of the actual work. When you get your next job, be sure and thank the last place by hiring away their only real workers. Be careful, don't come right out and say anything in email. Learn the 'Clinton' lesson, meet up with former trusted colleagues for pool and make plans IRL.
Of course if you are an actual idiot, none of the above applies.
You're not disagreeing with GP.
Why would you stay around?
If they are just stupid and are busting ass to produce 'good enough', then fine.
But you can't let people work 'just hard enough not to get fired' and be a place where anybody in their right mind would want to work.
The hard fact is that bigger core teams lose efficiency. You can only tolerate slack jaws in peripheral roles or the team size balloons and you fall into the communications overhead trap.
If worked with a few people that could be fairly called: 'defects in process'.
What do you call a 'programmer' that comes to you with a piece of dynamic SQL that fails, utterly lost. The string contains concatenation operators from the language building the SQL? He has, again, forgotten that there is such a thing as a SQL console, good for seeing meaningful errors and query plans. (Of course, Brahmin. Yes I am a Casteist, never hire Brahmin.)
It's worse than that.
Basic group psych, Most people will lower their work standard/output to match the lowest performing co-worker that 'gets away with it'.
Internally motivated individuals are uncommon, even they mostly 'get over it' after some period of watching co-workers continue to 'get away with it', especially if the co-workers getting by are actually ranked/rewarded better.
There is nothing that can wreck a team faster than some mouth breathing ass kisser getting a big promotion, raise and bonus. Especially if everybody sees the resulting trainwreck coming.
The sad fact is that you can't allow even one 'bad one' in the core of a good team. Really good teams actually protect themselves.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with Amazon though. That place is an obvious political hornet's nest, staffed with people working just hard enough not to get fired, while politicking their asses off.
Good luck enforcing it.
The question was 'how many SCRUM MASTERS are competent enthusiastic professionals'. Scrum is almost always not agile.
Do you realize how fast a competent kid makes it to senior level?
Any justification for only listing 3 is also justification for just assuming it's US dollars.
There are more than twenty 'dollars' in the world. Why did you only list two of the small fry?
Agile is a manifesto, full of truisms.
The vast majority of Scrum shops are _not_ Agile.
It says right in the Agile manifesto: 'People over process'. It also says to hire: 'Competent enthusiastic professionals'.
How many 'scrum masters' have you met that you would describe as 'competent enthusiastic professionals'? None? One, but (s)he was forced into the role?
The problem, as always, is PHBs hear only the parts they want to hear. From Agile they heard: 'No planning, Constant customer interaction with devs, Ship often'
If you are interviewing with an Agile shop one question you need to work into the conversation is 'how does your pay scale compare to local industry averages?' The answer you don't want to hear is: 'Our pay is about standard for the area'. It's a tell that, they are _not_ agile. 'Competent enthusiastic professionals' are in fact uncommon in the industry and don't work for peanuts. What you want to hear is something along the lines of 'Our team is made up of mostly experienced to very experienced professionals, who make senior dev pay scale?'
One thing that's flat impossible: To be agile and to employ only recent college grads.
Double the number and move to the next larger unit.
Five minutes = Ten hours
Ten hours = Twenty days
Twenty days = Forty weeks
One week = Two months
Three months = Six years
So you're saying this shouldn't happen to non-profits, governments and NGAs?
Hint: this just happened to BART. Quit knee jerking.
My priorities as well. Actually I need to build the shop first. Current garage is #1 priority item on capital improvements list.
Even if I had the space, a mass spec would be right out. Clean used Haas toolroom mill and lathe on the other hand. I could build a monster...damn surly villagers.
I love the H-13 tool steel, pain in the ass that it might be.
But I can't afford or want to make all my own tools. I've seen the best steel turn brittle in punishing environments. An impact socket is punished (still not an injection mold ejector).
Wish there was a tom's hardware or anadtech for old school tools. The market would justify it. I'd love to know the chinese company making _great_ tools, and I know that company is having a hell of a time being noticed more than 100 km from home.
Consumer reports has been useless regarding cars for far more than ten years. I'm on 30+ years since they 'jumped the shark' for me. That was a review of the 84 'vette...
Everything is rated as an economy car. Corvette? Rated 'unacceptable' because it's not a economy car. No doubt it's ride is also 'too firm'. God knows what they'd say about yellow konis 'turned up to 11'*.
Seriously though. People are either CR or Top Gear. If you are CR just stay the fuck out of the fast lane.
* Not really, only one crank. No doubt they'd call them 'assault shock absorbers' or some such BS.
Now, I have to wonder if the bus rental companies don't already have that data...even for school buses. If not now then soon.
Never answer a false dichotomy. People posting them are dishonest from the start and aren't worth your time.
I bought my mom a bottle of the XO Martel, good, but not worth the money. Better the the Remy XO. (Neither is the listed age).
I really like the Remy VS grand Cru. Better grapes make all the difference.
I'm really liking good tequila lately. Corzo poured in a snifter. Represada not Anejo, again less barrel is more IMHO.
Al Franken was 'elected' by a box a ballots 'found' in the trunk of a democrat's car 2 days after the election.
And let us not forget Palm Springs county. Where the R election observer had been a registered D 3 years earlier.
Not what is used. Boxes turn up in the trunks of partisans cars after they know exactly how many 'votes' they need and are counted. How Al Franken got elected.
If it was a long conflict you would be right. It wouldn't take long at all.
Townsend got busted when his CC # turned up in CP web site's databases. He never reported anything.
Those are tantrums. If there are riots you will know it.