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!
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!!
Ooooh, that's awesome Jesse!
Communications class is fine, I guess. We are getting lunch, so that's something.
My experience with Agile is that it sounds like it would be great if it worked. And maybe it does work for devs. We writers aren't loving it.
Agile is hell for the documentation side of any org. HELL. I have come around to the heretical stance that waterfall is actually better than agile, because it doesn't have a million meetings to distract people, and there are usually built-in NO REALLY YOU ALL WILL REVIEW THE DOCUMENTS AND GIVE FEEDBACK parts of the schedule.
I also miss specs and spec review, because that process was far more helpful to writers and editors.
