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josh602

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About josh602

Software Engineer at the BBC

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    Comment #15326719

    We're trying out Medium as a blogging platform because it was seeming like the BBC Internet Blog wasn't reaching our intended target audience any more. Better to go where your read…

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    Comment #15326708

    I turned down a graduate contract in London for £30k, going up to £40k after two years, to be at the BBC. If you want to work at BBC D&E, you accept that you're not going to get a …

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    Comment #15324113

    True! I think a lot of modern workplaces are good at compromising on this. In our case, we don't have private offices, but there are quiet working areas that you can go to to work.…

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    Comment #15322566

    Could you expand on that?

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    Comment #15322561

    > Literally anything is better than that. Amen to that. :'(

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    Comment #15322558

    This isn't true in my experience. Each team I've come across has their own variant of Kanban that works for them that has evolved over time. We have no scrum masters. We have a plu…

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    Comment #15322503

    > Secondly, the open floor plan they described is a clear disregard for the productivity of individual software engineers. Maybe the author never experienced the difference, but it…

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    Comment #15322463

    Awesome! London or Salford?