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The way I decided to play the game was like this, "I won't be attending the Daily Standups anymore as I don't think they add value and do subtract value." The
by anon1m0us 7y ago
The way I decided to play the game was like this, "I won't be attending the Daily Standups anymore as I don't think they add value and do subtract value."
The project mgmt response was, "Attendance at standups is mandatory."
Regardless, I didn't go to anymore standups and when I got flack for that, I stopped going to the office all together. When I got flack for that, I stopped working all together.
Then I got fired. That solved all my scrum problems.
- boltzmann_brain 7y agoUnderrated post
- analog31 7y agoI got criticized for zoning out at scrum meetings. So I watched what the managers do. They show up for the first few minutes, look alert, then leave as if in a hurry. I started doing the same thing, and never had a problem again.
- Aeolun 7y agoIf you do this often enough. People will assume you are busy if you don’t show up at all.
- maxxxxx 7y agoThat seems to be secret for managers anyway. Always appear eager and motivated and then run away.
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoBecause what do they all actually do? They spend a large portion of their time waiting around for numbers they add[0] to a spreadsheet and report those numbers to their manager. That's it. (Ok, once a year they do reviews.) [0] If they don't bug a dev to do it.
- forgotmypw 7y agoAttrition!
- tarsinge 7y agoGreat story from start to finish. I kept waiting for a happy turnaround but that ending was perfect.
- wale 7y agoYea, same here.
- iqihs 7y agoThis pretty much sums up my experience with Software Dev at one of the Big 4.
- Toine 7y agoThank you for giving me a really good laugh.