> Sometimes you just have bad managers, or bad team members, and no buzzword methodology is going to dig you out of that hole. Very true, but the common theme

> Sometimes you just have bad managers, or bad team members, and no buzzword methodology is going to dig you out of that hole. Very true, but the common theme among bad managers at shit companies is that they always try and fix that problem by buying a new methodology with a buzzword attached to it, reward themselves for having done so, and never reflect on whether anyone's done anything effectively by the time they get a new one. The lone-developer and the self-directed team mythos' share the common element that they've figured out how to tangle with any real logistical problems they actually have by analyzing them, reflecting on how to do better, and using communication, rather than imagining what problems they have, externalizing the solution with an off-the-shelf template, and identifying how much praise they'll get from anyone but those doing the work regardless of whether the non-plan works.