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doseofreality

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    Comment #29818504

    Jira is bad, but SIM is horrendous. SIM makes Jira look good.

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    Comment #25983716

    Maybe it should have been an article on: "You Don't Need WeWork"

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    Comment #25210845

    friends don’t let friends use us-east-1.

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    Comment #17212874

    If you post it, you'll get your own letters from him demanding you forget him or be in violation of GDPR.

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    Comment #16798423

    Queue up some saying about trees, sky, growth, etc.

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    Comment #16653830

    Having to suffer with Scrum at work is bad enough. This sounds like a great idea for people who hate themselves.

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    Comment #16417661

    They were also a forerunner in not using the loudspeaker system to page various employees.

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    Comment #16413709

    So, if a developer takes too long developing the pre-defined micro-task which you've assigned them, you have to followup with them and report on why a micro-task took too long? If …

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    Comment #16263179

    The choices really are: a) a lot more government, or b) more government

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    Comment #16156173

    This is owned by Atlassian/Hipchat.

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    Comment #15477963

    Except at most companies that use Scrum, there are very rigid rules sent down from above regarding the implementation of Scrum. These rules apply to the whole company and can't be …

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    Comment #15431221

    Yes, that all sounds great, but "agile" has morphed into things like SaFE in the real world.

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    Comment #15429614

    In Agile, as implemented at most non-consulting shop places, the Product Owner really doesn't have the authority to block things coming into the sprint being pushed from executive …

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    Comment #15426999

    Just search on "dev manager" and agile. You'll come across lots of articles from scrum proponents that attempt to severely downplay the need and role of dev managers and sometimes …

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    Comment #15426992

    Exactly, SCRUM/agile can't fix any of the things you mentioned.

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    Comment #15003932

    This is the inevitable and unwinnable argument in any thread that dares to question the value of Scrum.

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    Comment #14064232

    It is to Google's advantage for you not to use Bookmarks. They _want_ you to rely on using Google to search in every case possible.

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    Comment #13629049

    Uh, your friend did not invent that nickname. It has been around for more than a decade and is used commonly including in media articles about Whole Foods.

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    Comment #11314064

    Stating which location you are in would be important for salary comparison purposes.

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    Comment #11250405

    I work in Austin, and I do the same thing albeit with a hoodie.

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    Comment #11249920

    But more likely they'll be spent in the office.

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    Comment #11248267

    Problem is, all those housing bullets have already been shot dealing with the last housing mess. Good luck next time.

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    Comment #11248260

    My guess is that no one would really read these standup summaries.