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A former co-worker of mine recounted an experience with a person hired by his previous company who had written a book on software development methodology, Scrum
by andrewem 6y ago
A former co-worker of mine recounted an experience with a person hired by his previous company who had written a book on software development methodology, Scrum or something. Evidently the way the author's employment worked is the company got the reputation benefit from having a famous expert on staff. In exchange he gave talks but didn't have to do any actual work for the company, and the company didn't have to follow his methodological orthodoxies.
- pc86 6y agoAnd that's how you end up with speakers saying ridiculous things that don't work in practice. Because they come up with some idea (or more likely, a very minor tweak to an existing idea) but because nobody has to actually do it, and all their time is spent speaking, nobody uncovers the critical flaws.