Lunchtime summary: y'all, my senior leadership needs to go to counseling or organization therapy or something.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Ding ding ding! And if your reviewers never review stuff, then you can't ever close your issues!
And yet it's still your fault that the things are open, don't forget!
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.
THE WORST
You guys, there is someone in a junior position here whose name is 100% the roller derby name of someone else in a senior position: The senior person is (not actually, but e.g.) Buffy Claymore, and the junior person is Buffy Slaymore!!
the sooner you adapt all the silly corporate rules to a structure that actually works for you, the more actually agile you'll be.
This!!!
Ooooh, that's awesome Jesse!
Communications class is fine, I guess. We are getting lunch, so that's something.