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Most maddening thing I've seen is PM translating agile points to man-hours because that's what upper management requests. Same people: you must complete assign
by cocoa19 7y ago
Most maddening thing I've seen is PM translating agile points to man-hours because that's what upper management requests.
Same people: you must complete assignments in the estimated time, or else, be prepared to work overtime including weekends.
It drives me bonkers.
- metamet 7y agoQuarterly planning is equally frustrating. I don't think we've ever had a quarter where we're on track three sprints in. Something always comes up, we pivot a bit, or our estimates were as uninformative as we all thought they were.
- k_ 7y agoI had that too. Also they were negotiating down every last estimate while we were doing "planning poker" which was only a façade and was really us committing to unrealistic man-hours estimates unwillingly.
- meheleventyone 7y agoOr you get someone very senior in the company who rocks up in your planning meeting demanding to know the “real estimate”.
- Aeolun 7y agoThe real estimate is ‘as long as it takes’.
- BurningFrog 7y agoWe have a great labor market. Don't be shy about quitting when things get cray-cray!
- godzilla82 7y agoBy we do you mean software engineering in general or bay area? Asking because most people commenting on hn tend to assume the entire universe is just the sf bay area.
- cameronbrown 7y agoEven non-bay area SWE in general is still much better than most other job types and probably much better when it comes to having a nice place to live anyway.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoI'd say non-BayArea are relatively in the best position, because remote work always gives a chance for salaries much higher than local to you, while unlike the SF, costs of living won't eat most of what you earn.
- turk73 7y agoEvery one of my last three jobs has had the above issue. It's maddening. I've realized that they simply don't care if we burn out. We are just a commodity to them. I swear my company is run by Stalinists.
- arethuza 7y agoSome people really do need to have the difference between an estimate and a commitment explained to them very carefully.