> But if every time I said I was giving you a "gift" I actually punched you in the mouth you'd soon learn the revised meaning of "gift". ... > The most import

> But if every time I said I was giving you a "gift" I actually punched you in the mouth you'd soon learn the revised meaning of "gift". ... > The most important thing a developer can do isn't code. It's act as an analyst of what's possible and how to deliver it. This is a call for more meetings. Not useless standups but meetings with end-users to hear feedback. (emphasis mine) Instead, standups are converted to PM wannabees pretending to be scrum masters who are offended when an old project's main branch is called master but do not know anything at all about the thing they are managing.