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How do I avoid this in my career?

by boppo1 3y ago

yesbut 3y ago
Call it out as BS when it comes up in discussions. Spread the word. Stop going along to get along.
- tacitusarc 3y ago
  In a large organization, this will change nothing. All you can do is be in a trusted position with upper management, and spend your political capital to prevent it. Even then, it may not work if some exec has implementing it as a goal to help their prestige/career.
  - yesbut 3y ago
    Problems aren't resolved unless people shine a light on the problems.
    - rightbyte 3y ago
      Sure, but "Stop going along to get along" is how all these agile processes spread in the first place. Opponents were ridiculed and bullied by proponents for being boring, old, unmodern, not team players, not using best practice or whatever. And way too many programmers were actual believers for grumpy safeguards to be able to keep things in check. I think a cooperative approach might be better to get rid of agile or it will just be replaced by some other dogmatic cult. Agile is more of a symptom than the root cause.
      - yesbut 3y ago
        I think it's just best to call out BS when it pops up. That would have put a stop to this before it ruined everything. Cooperation is good, but people need to be told they are wrong. It's ok to be wrong. Everyone makes mistakes.
semireg 3y ago
I’m a solo consultant and have had many good client relationships based on agreeing on deliverables. To summarize according to the old “pick two” adage of delivered-fast, works-to-spec and cheap: I’m fast, reliable, and expensive. I deliver high value and I’m always available to answer questions. Interestingly, me consulting solo at an hourly rate doesn’t scale. To solve this, about 5 years ago I started a side business of building an electron app for designing and printing labels. I feel like scaling up allows my customers to pick all 3. The app is immediately available, it works, and it’s inexpensive. So there’s another way to avoid agile and scrum: solo entrepreneurship. Good luck!
amai 3y ago
Become a data scientist. They don't do Scrum.

How do I avoid this in my career?

by boppo1 3y ago

How do I avoid this in my career?

yesbut 3y ago

Call it out as BS when it comes up in discussions. Spread the word. Stop going along to get along.

tacitusarc 3y ago
In a large organization, this will change nothing. All you can do is be in a trusted position with upper management, and spend your political capital to prevent it. Even then, it may not work if some exec has implementing it as a goal to help their prestige/career.
- yesbut 3y ago
  Problems aren't resolved unless people shine a light on the problems.
  - rightbyte 3y ago
    Sure, but "Stop going along to get along" is how all these agile processes spread in the first place. Opponents were ridiculed and bullied by proponents for being boring, old, unmodern, not team players, not using best practice or whatever. And way too many programmers were actual believers for grumpy safeguards to be able to keep things in check. I think a cooperative approach might be better to get rid of agile or it will just be replaced by some other dogmatic cult. Agile is more of a symptom than the root cause.
    - yesbut 3y ago
      I think it's just best to call out BS when it pops up. That would have put a stop to this before it ruined everything. Cooperation is good, but people need to be told they are wrong. It's ok to be wrong. Everyone makes mistakes.

semireg 3y ago

I’m a solo consultant and have had many good client relationships based on agreeing on deliverables. To summarize according to the old “pick two” adage of delivered-fast, works-to-spec and cheap: I’m fast, reliable, and expensive. I deliver high value and I’m always available to answer questions. Interestingly, me consulting solo at an hourly rate doesn’t scale. To solve this, about 5 years ago I started a side business of building an electron app for designing and printing labels. I feel like scaling up allows my customers to pick all 3. The app is immediately available, it works, and it’s inexpensive. So there’s another way to avoid agile and scrum: solo entrepreneurship. Good luck!

amai 3y ago

Become a data scientist. They don't do Scrum.