As a dev, pretty much every job is agile any more, and that's a good thing -- but it's super important to realize that there's a difference between agile and Agile™ and the sooner you adapt all the silly corporate rules to a structure that actually works for you, the more actually agile you'll be.
Harken: You fought with Captain Reynolds in the war? Zoe: Fought with a lot of people in the war. Harken: And your husband? Zoe: Fight with him sometimes, too.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Jan 10, 2019 5:03:57 am PST #3753 of 30019
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Laura - Jan 10, 2019 5:06:34 am PST #3754 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
Calm~ma, sj. I hope you feel better after the call.
sarameg - Jan 10, 2019 5:17:56 am PST #3755 of 30019
Welp. Guess what? I'm in this training with literally my division boss, the one who foisted agile on us & several other div heads & a deputy director & various other upper level mgmt.
And I am not censoring & this just got really interesting.
I'm sitting next to him.
Amy - Jan 10, 2019 5:23:32 am PST #3756 of 30019
Because books.
Sending much calming ~ma, sj.
I have never even heard of Agile!
sj - Jan 10, 2019 6:13:14 am PST #3757 of 30019
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Suggestion is that TCG write to his mom asking her to stop threatening and harassing us and that the lawyer will read and approve everything before we send it. In the meantime, if things escalate, we have documented everything with her.
And now I have to switch stress modes because ltc has an ultrasound today to make sure everything is still okay with the kidney issue she had when she was a baby.
sarameg - Jan 10, 2019 7:04:17 am PST #3758 of 30019
Lunchtime summary: y'all, my senior leadership needs to go to counseling or organization therapy or something.
Sparky1 - Jan 10, 2019 7:08:22 am PST #3759 of 30019
Librarian Warlord
Health ~ma to ltc, sj!
I am in week three of bronchitis. The only plus is that I have been using it to avoid meetings (no one actually wants to be in a room with me).
If anyone knows of someone who could head up a small technical services department in my academic library who is looking for a new job, or finding themselves furloughed and who wants a lot more vacation than the Feds give, send them my way.
Also, I am supposed to be interviewing in less than 2 weeks for another job, and because of the bronchitis I have done next to nothing to prepare. There are so many reasons to leave my current position, and so many reasons to stay right where we are.
Jessica - Jan 10, 2019 7:12:30 am PST #3760 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ugh, agile. That's really all I have to say.
My last company officially transitioned from waterfall to agile right before I joined. In practice, they just continued doing things the old way but added a zillion agile-style meetings to it. It did not result in better outcomes.
Dana - Jan 10, 2019 7:26:58 am PST #3761 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
In practice, they just continued doing things the old way but added a zillion agile-style meetings to it.
Ding ding ding! And if your reviewers never review stuff, then you can't ever close your issues!
Sorry for the stressful day, sj.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2019 8:38:23 am PST #3762 of 30019
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, sj! That's a lot in one day.
Feel better, Sparky! That sounds terrible.
I really have to get my shit together. I'm not very busy, but there is definitely stuff I could/should be doing. Instead I am just dicking around. I am just in the doldrums and should probably take some time off so I'm not faking it, but I was just on vacation!