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What alternative would you suggest? Hiring adults and trusting them to get their work done.
by michaelochurch 11y ago
What alternative would you suggest?
Hiring adults and trusting them to get their work done.
- icedchai 11y agoThis is far too pragmatic. We all need babysitter "scrum masters" updating poorly written "user stories" and doing "bug grooming." Can we have a retro, please? Now it's time for planning poker! Are we still in junior high? I gotta laugh. Why do people put up with this bull?
- michaelochurch 11y agoAre we still in junior high? I gotta laugh. Why do people put up with this bull? Because software engineers are terrible at managing their own social status, both individually and collectively. Social status determines how your work is evaluated, whether you are punished or rewarded for taking initiative and working on what you think is important, and how often you are held accountable for short-term results and visibility into your work. Manage your social status poorly, and you'll get daily status pings (the other meaning of "status"). Manage it well, and you can work on whatever you want with a low level of interruption. However, our industry is full of young, delusional people who haven't been burned (i.e. had difficult life experiences) yet and still believe in the corporate "meritocracy".