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A workplace like this has become harder and harder to find over the years, in my experience. The measuring and routinisation of everything you do sucks the life

A workplace like this has become harder and harder to find over the years, in my experience. The measuring and routinisation of everything you do sucks the life out of jobs, imho. Even programming, which used to be such a creative experience now is do Jira, do next Jira, how fast are you doing the Jira's. Edit: For example, first job I just looked at "You are: Hungry, humble and smart..." What other profession says nonsense like this, imagine saying this to a doctor or accountant.

phobosanomaly 5y ago
> What other profession says nonsense like this, imagine saying this to a doctor or accountant. Med students have to jump through an unimaginable number of hoops to prove that they will put up with anything because they are supposed to be hungry to save the world, humble in the face of nature, and smart enough to get a top percentile on a never-ending series of standardized admission and licensing exams. By the time they're actually working in the field, it's: Did you fill out that insurance paperwork so the hospital can get reimbursed? Good, here's the next stack of paperwork to fill out so the hospital can get reimbursed ad infinitum. How fast are you seeing patients? Any more than 20 minutes is too long. We don't have staffing levels to support that. Nurses are over-ratio, but try not to kill anyone with a mistake.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  It is a strange job at leqst as a gp. What profession gets paided so much, given so much respect and than expected to work like a fast food cashier? This results in legally defensible treatment but not necessarily the treatment you really need. Hopefully the system can fix itself.
planet-and-halo 5y ago
If you can find a shop that really, truly commits to XP/Agile/Lean/whatever, I recommend it. It's hard to find, but it is so much better and more productive than the JIRA ticket factories.

phobosanomaly 5y ago

> What other profession says nonsense like this, imagine saying this to a doctor or accountant. Med students have to jump through an unimaginable number of hoops to prove that they will put up with anything because they are supposed to be hungry to save the world, humble in the face of nature, and smart enough to get a top percentile on a never-ending series of standardized admission and licensing exams. By the time they're actually working in the field, it's: Did you fill out that insurance paperwork so the hospital can get reimbursed? Good, here's the next stack of paperwork to fill out so the hospital can get reimbursed ad infinitum. How fast are you seeing patients? Any more than 20 minutes is too long. We don't have staffing levels to support that. Nurses are over-ratio, but try not to kill anyone with a mistake.

ipaddr 5y ago
It is a strange job at leqst as a gp. What profession gets paided so much, given so much respect and than expected to work like a fast food cashier? This results in legally defensible treatment but not necessarily the treatment you really need. Hopefully the system can fix itself.

planet-and-halo 5y ago

If you can find a shop that really, truly commits to XP/Agile/Lean/whatever, I recommend it. It's hard to find, but it is so much better and more productive than the JIRA ticket factories.