Bingo. When you have project managers hounding you about "story points" and meetings of managers who are concerned about each individual's burn-down rate, it be

Bingo. When you have project managers hounding you about "story points" and meetings of managers who are concerned about each individual's burn-down rate, it becomes a micro-managing clusterfuck. When the estimating meetings happen without you and you're told "we think this will take you five story points" (that is, two and a half days) and then the build is broken for three weeks (because of all the people checking in code in a panic) and you're called on the carpet for being behind, then it's an atomic clusterfuck. You're in a circle of managers and PMs. "We're concerned about your burn-down rate." "I'm concerned about your ability to manage a project more complex than calling the elevator to your floor." "Are you going to be done . . . today?" "Is the build going to fucking work . . . today, or any time in the near future?" Then the circle jerks (none of whom has written a working line of code in five years, yet they've somehow "shipped stuff") gabble amongst themselves for a minute, look confuxed, dismiss you and call in the next developer. "Spartacus, you're next!" This'll be good.