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Pivotal Tracker will shut down

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Re: Pivotal Tracker will shut down

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Post by BurningFrog »

sodapopcan wrote: post #8
raverbashing wrote: post #4

I remember their (pivotal) culture was very unique. Maybe the developers have tired out of mandatory pairing

I never worked at Pivotal but did work in a 100% pairing cultural (it wasn’t forced but our team did it for three years) and I desperately miss it. It’s so hard to find companies that do it.

I worked with several Pivotal teams, and also really miss it.

I've never been as productive or had that much fun at work.

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Post by whalesalad »

raverbashing wrote: post #4

I remember their (pivotal) culture was very unique. Maybe the developers have tired out of mandatory pairing

Thoughtworks is exclusively a pair programming org. I went through a full interview process with them and ultimately declined the offer because it didn't feel like the juice was worth the squeeze on all the travel, strict pairing, and low salary.

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Post by yieldcrv »

N_A_T_E wrote: post #5
raverbashing wrote: post #4

I remember their (pivotal) culture was very unique. Maybe the developers have tired out of mandatory pairing

I recall the mandatory pairing as quite popular among some devs during that era. I wonder if anyone is actually still working in that manner.

I do alot of my work after close of business, I don’t do well in companies that require collaboration to get tasks done

I’ll pass all team player marks and metrics, but if there’s too much custom tooling, distributed knowledge and gatekeepers, my performance will suffer more than those that pair all day

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Post by jeffnappi »

wrl wrote: post #10
jeffnappi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linear

Looks like it, that's new! I tried Linear quite some time ago and it didn't "stick", I'll have to give it another shot. Thanks for the tip!

Linear is the best project management for software I've ever used, highly recommend. They've added many many amazing features this year... Incredible team over there that are just a joy to work with.

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Post by jamil7 »

jeffnappi wrote: post #15
wrl wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like it, that's new! I tried Linear quite some time ago and it didn't "stick", I'll have to give it another shot. Thanks for the tip!

Linear is the best project management for software I've ever used, highly recommend. They've added many many amazing features this year... Incredible team over there that are just a joy to work with.

I really like it too but am worried it will go the way of other tools and need to start appealing to enterprise to expand.
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