Only scrummy people consider scrum agile. Agile people do not.
Point to any reference to Scrum in the Agile manifesto. TFA is one of the manifesto's authors suggesting that the word be abandoned, as it is now covered in Scrum and other shit.
No. Just no. Perhaps less bad than many, but 'good guys'? You're nuts.
The pay is _great_ for what they do. Truly 'outstand individuals' don't touch those jobs, not because of the pay, because of the nightmare bureaucracy.
The people that _love_ government refuse to manage it well. Every government employee is more power in their hands.
Also government work is _full_ of air thieves. As pointed out throughout the thread, you cannot manage competence into the incompetent. You just have to fire them, which is virtually impossible.
Wait a second. Are you claiming to know a woman that can drive? (ducks and serpentine runs to cover)
Bet your ex grandma in law had a husband and/or sons that drove her everywhere. You basically can't live in the rural/small town midwest without a vehicle.
Trust is trust. Unqualified, it is far larger than your use...Fair enough, I misunderstood.
Your on about: 'trust your developers time estimates.' related 'trust your developers designs' 'trust your developers code quality' etc etc. Actual tech lead/architect agile project manager considerations. That all starts after you decide to basically 'trust' him.
But those things are only really available to technical people. Schedules get blown all the time, even by good devs. Sometimes it's because the design was broken or problem misunderstood, and nobody sees it until dev or test. 'Meets schedule' always has 'buts'. Takes a coder to know an excuse from a 'holy shit, we must refactor' moment. The guy that spots the bad design first is worth gold BTW. That hypothetical 'failure to meet schedule' is a huge positive, saved everybody's ass.
The PHB can't tell the difference, so he likes scrum. Puts all the things he doesn't understand into nice tidy boxes, where he can pretend. Of course he doesn't trust geeks. Thinks they're overpaid and featherbedding, senior ones too. (He's not always wrong.) Your job is to 'manage up' the PHB. It's inescapable, there are mythical places with no PHBs, but I've never seen one. You've got to keep him out of the standups, or you are doomed.
Your people may be wrong, but they shouldn't be lying, trying to bleed you for a check (until you realize how useless they are) or transparently trying to game the system. That's 'can't trust them to take care of things' IMHO. If they're good, they'll fill any technical gaps, quick enough, if you just leave a little slack in their schedule.
I can actually respect either lying (some understandable, 'wine, women and song' cases) or gaming the system, when done well, but 'expect marketing responsibilities in your future'. Showing an avocation. Might try and fix the game, might take up the gaming myself. Not above it or bad at it. It's transparent gaming that bothers me, implies they think we're stupid.
Most apartments outside China have trash chutes in the hall. So you don't have to carry it downstairs and it lands in a dumpster, where it can be picked up by truck.
Like: 'All political power comes from the barrel of a gun.' and 'Fuck em if they can't take a joke' Just an assumed part of educated peoples knowledge.
That confusion is at least half the problem. They _not_ synonyms, you _can't_ be both. Agile: People over process. Scrum: process, process, process, you are just replaceable cogs.
There is not much to argue about in the Manifesto. Pretty much truisms. My only criticism is: 'Management won't get it, will only see the parts they like. If they got it, they wouldn't need it. If they need it, they won't get it.'
IMHO the key part of the manifesto was 'hire competent enthusiastic individuals'...which can be used to validate claims of agility. Those people DON"T work for industry average. If an organization is paying industry average, it _cannot_ be agile. Most likely it's 'agility' amounts to management's ability to maintain a bidirectional circle jerk.
Government jobs _are_ highly sought after. Because once you get one, you almost can't be fired. This lady just pushed the envelope a little too far and got caught by the media.
Whoever told you that 'story' was creative, I'll give him that. Pure fiction though.
When trying to close the position, the broker finds that the credit line isn't as open as it was when he last verified it. Things get ugly in bankruptcy court.
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Only scrummy people consider scrum agile. Agile people do not.
Point to any reference to Scrum in the Agile manifesto. TFA is one of the manifesto's authors suggesting that the word be abandoned, as it is now covered in Scrum and other shit.
Also wasn't counting: government employed, Javascript 'programmers', HTML 'programmers', web devs...them maybe 50%, maybe.
No. Just no. Perhaps less bad than many, but 'good guys'? You're nuts.
The pay is _great_ for what they do. Truly 'outstand individuals' don't touch those jobs, not because of the pay, because of the nightmare bureaucracy.
The people that _love_ government refuse to manage it well. Every government employee is more power in their hands.
Also government work is _full_ of air thieves. As pointed out throughout the thread, you cannot manage competence into the incompetent. You just have to fire them, which is virtually impossible.
Wait a second. Are you claiming to know a woman that can drive? (ducks and serpentine runs to cover)
Bet your ex grandma in law had a husband and/or sons that drove her everywhere. You basically can't live in the rural/small town midwest without a vehicle.
Trust is trust. Unqualified, it is far larger than your use...Fair enough, I misunderstood.
Your on about: 'trust your developers time estimates.' related 'trust your developers designs' 'trust your developers code quality' etc etc. Actual tech lead/architect agile project manager considerations. That all starts after you decide to basically 'trust' him.
But those things are only really available to technical people. Schedules get blown all the time, even by good devs. Sometimes it's because the design was broken or problem misunderstood, and nobody sees it until dev or test. 'Meets schedule' always has 'buts'. Takes a coder to know an excuse from a 'holy shit, we must refactor' moment. The guy that spots the bad design first is worth gold BTW. That hypothetical 'failure to meet schedule' is a huge positive, saved everybody's ass.
The PHB can't tell the difference, so he likes scrum. Puts all the things he doesn't understand into nice tidy boxes, where he can pretend. Of course he doesn't trust geeks. Thinks they're overpaid and featherbedding, senior ones too. (He's not always wrong.) Your job is to 'manage up' the PHB. It's inescapable, there are mythical places with no PHBs, but I've never seen one. You've got to keep him out of the standups, or you are doomed.
Your people may be wrong, but they shouldn't be lying, trying to bleed you for a check (until you realize how useless they are) or transparently trying to game the system. That's 'can't trust them to take care of things' IMHO. If they're good, they'll fill any technical gaps, quick enough, if you just leave a little slack in their schedule.
I can actually respect either lying (some understandable, 'wine, women and song' cases) or gaming the system, when done well, but 'expect marketing responsibilities in your future'. Showing an avocation. Might try and fix the game, might take up the gaming myself. Not above it or bad at it. It's transparent gaming that bothers me, implies they think we're stupid.
50%? Optimist.
Every one was supposed to go through the database query process.
Again. Scrum not agile. Even your language is scrummy.
Don't want em. I like to get things done, not sit in meetings all day.
I don't even want government consulting jobs...'Giving aid and comfort to the enemy' and all.
But if your ethics allow it, they're well paid, slackfull and easy to get.
Trustworthiness and skill are orthogonal.
If you improve the 'skill' of an untrustworthy person, all you get is a better liar.
There aren't many issues that aren't fixable in a team member. Complete loss of trust is one of them.
Most apartments outside China have trash chutes in the hall. So you don't have to carry it downstairs and it lands in a dumpster, where it can be picked up by truck.
Channelling my Uncle. Way before that movie. He could cuss for an hour, without repeating himself once. When I was 6, I was in awe.
Sorry, thought everybody knew it as a quote.
Like: 'All political power comes from the barrel of a gun.' and 'Fuck em if they can't take a joke' Just an assumed part of educated peoples knowledge.
GP is criticizing scrum, not agile.
That confusion is at least half the problem. They _not_ synonyms, you _can't_ be both. Agile: People over process. Scrum: process, process, process, you are just replaceable cogs.
You've got agile confused with scrum or some other 'greased hog fuck' methodology.
There is not much to argue about in the Manifesto. Pretty much truisms. My only criticism is: 'Management won't get it, will only see the parts they like. If they got it, they wouldn't need it. If they need it, they won't get it.'
IMHO the key part of the manifesto was 'hire competent enthusiastic individuals'...which can be used to validate claims of agility. Those people DON"T work for industry average. If an organization is paying industry average, it _cannot_ be agile. Most likely it's 'agility' amounts to management's ability to maintain a bidirectional circle jerk.
Also note: 2.2 billion is not 94% of 2.2 billion + 1.4 billion.
Hence: Shenanigans!
I can divide.
You quoted the numbers, are you bad at word problems?
Government jobs _are_ highly sought after. Because once you get one, you almost can't be fired. This lady just pushed the envelope a little too far and got caught by the media.
Whoever told you that 'story' was creative, I'll give him that. Pure fiction though.
Get your tattoo. Be proud of your willful ignorance.
Follow your leader, immolate yourself.
No. Not by much.
You can't ship individual low cost 40 pound bags and be competitive with truckloads. Pets.com couldn't do it, chewy.com can't do it.
Jesus tits. They've been sending lots of recycling to landfills, forever.
Paper and colored glass recycling is just a show. Getting you to sort your trash is just conditioning you to do what your told.
When trying to close the position, the broker finds that the credit line isn't as open as it was when he last verified it. Things get ugly in bankruptcy court.