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I've worked in small (less than 20 employees) companies and although there were no grooming / standup / retro meetings (i.e. all the bullshit agile stuff I can'
by uhtred 4y ago
I've worked in small (less than 20 employees) companies and although there were no grooming / standup / retro meetings (i.e. all the bullshit agile stuff I can't stand), it was replaced with other bullshit like having to answer the phone and deal with passive aggressive customers, zero benefits other than salary (no 401k etc), an owner who said things like "microsoft can build excel, why can't we build <insert feature here>", no project/product managers to manage the todo list, so everything was urgent and must be done imediately!
- uhtred 4y agoWho downvoted this? Reveal yourself! A small business owner no doubt who the truth hurt.
- dhimes 4y agoYeah it helps if the owner codes- so they know what they are talking about at least in principle when it comes to building stuff.
- ryandrake 4y agoSometimes that makes it worse. You'll get founders who say "Well, when I originally wrote [our product], it was 1,500 lines of code, and I did it myself in a weekend. Why are you telling me a team of five needs a month to add a single feature???" Except, things are different now that the code base has increased 100X and the number of users has increased 10,000X.
- preben 4y ago>an owner who said things like "microsoft can build excel, why can't we build <insert feature here>",no project/product managers to manage the todo list, so everything was urgent and must be done imediately! <10 employees here. This is exactly my experience. The grass is always greener.
- danielheath 4y agoAs someone else said upthread, the character of the owner matters a great deal.