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Software development methodologies are political in nature (see: definition of politics). There is no best implementation of a political system, but there are w

Software development methodologies are political in nature (see: definition of politics). There is no best implementation of a political system, but there are working examples, some have more success than others, and some are implemented better than others. I find it really funny when people complain about politics, when those people have never and will never do anything to fix the problem they're complaining about. Like complaining that it's too hot outside, but still sitting there in the heat. And what's really funny is the only people who comment on it are the people who have no clue how it works.

palata 3y ago
> And what's really funny is the only people who comment on it are the people who have no clue how it works. What do you know? Because somebody is not in a position to change the political system, or is not able to propose a better system, does not mean that they can't see problems. I hate the "I don't want criticism, I want solutions" idea. Identifying and acknowledging a problem is the first part of finding a solution. Those who refuse criticism are just denying the problem.
- throwaway892238 3y ago
  If what you're complaining about is decades old, somebody already identified it, many times over. And almost without fail, whoever is complaining, is complaining because they want someone else to fix it. Lazy, annoying, and useless. Either move on to solutions or admit you're just whining to whine.
  - palata 3y ago
    > Either move on to solutions or admit you're just whining to whine. For a political system, you need to convince many people if you want it to change. You can't just "move on to solutions". For agile in a company, in my experience the developers are not the ones bringing the processes, and they don't really have a choice. And even then, again in my experience, juniors tend to get excited about everything that looks new. So part of the team will think that estimations are a good idea in principle. Until they do it long enough to realize that the whole methodology is a big joke.

palata 3y ago

> And what's really funny is the only people who comment on it are the people who have no clue how it works. What do you know? Because somebody is not in a position to change the political system, or is not able to propose a better system, does not mean that they can't see problems. I hate the "I don't want criticism, I want solutions" idea. Identifying and acknowledging a problem is the first part of finding a solution. Those who refuse criticism are just denying the problem.

throwaway892238 3y ago
If what you're complaining about is decades old, somebody already identified it, many times over. And almost without fail, whoever is complaining, is complaining because they want someone else to fix it. Lazy, annoying, and useless. Either move on to solutions or admit you're just whining to whine.
- palata 3y ago
  > Either move on to solutions or admit you're just whining to whine. For a political system, you need to convince many people if you want it to change. You can't just "move on to solutions". For agile in a company, in my experience the developers are not the ones bringing the processes, and they don't really have a choice. And even then, again in my experience, juniors tend to get excited about everything that looks new. So part of the team will think that estimations are a good idea in principle. Until they do it long enough to realize that the whole methodology is a big joke.