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> the meaninglessness of modern work Compound that with the insistence that you interview for your job sometimes as often as every day (if you do daily standup
by commandlinefan 6y ago
> the meaninglessness of modern work
Compound that with the insistence that you interview for your job sometimes as often as every day (if you do daily standups): even if there's nothing visibly productive to do, you have to conjure something that somebody else can observe the effects of. Programmers, for example, ought to be able to spend time - lots of it - investigating new technologies in preparation for future tasks, but with the tyranny of JIRA, we're expected to do something that somebody else can easily check on at least every day if not more often. And this is a job that requires years of self-study just to qualify to do.
- Nursie 6y agoI think there is probably an organisation out there that's a better fit for you. I've seen orgs run 'agile' like a military operation - Jira rules everything, with timesheet plugins so that everyone can account for every part of their day down to 15 minute intervals. Where there is a reprimand for choosing the wrong category of meeting ticket to assign an hour to. I have seen teams pre-Agile where you were left alone, sometimes for months at a time, to produce... hopefully. Maybe. But in the middle I've worked for a number of organisations where a status report in the morning scrum of "I'm reading up about X and evaluating Y in preparation for big feature Z next month" is perfectly acceptable.
- outworlder 6y ago> in preparation for big feature Z next month You actually know about big features months in advance? Now I'm jealous.
- commandlinefan 6y agoOh, I always know about the big features they specify too vaguely to actually implement and then change their minds about wanting at the last minute months in advance.
- Nursie 6y agoHaha, sometimes I know about them before the product owner because I've bothered to read the standard and legal requirements around what we're trying to implement...
- outworlder 6y agoI was going to write a quick sentence, then it turned into a rant, then decided against it and will let your words stand. I couldn't agree more.