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I think I would avocate actually against processes. Processes are nice, handy, and sage, but that assumes you have unlimited time. A baby crying and death approaching really make you rethinking useless 1-1s and meetings.
Well, main generational challenge is procrastination with too many unlroductive time sinks available.
I think I would avocate actually against processes. Processes are nice, handy, and sage, but that assumes you have unlimited time. A baby crying and death approaching really make you rethinking useless 1-1s and meetings.
It hurts my soul to read of "Agile" as a fixed process consisting of arbitrary decisions like two-week sprints and 9:30 stand-ups. Agile is "responding to change over following a plan". https://agilemanifesto.org There's surely something to be said for bundling behaviors and triggers, but I do wish the world of software development hadn't missed the whole damn point of agile.
> The ‘optimal’ approach would be to check traffic, analyze the data, and shave off five minutes from my journey. Why not letting Google Maps decide?
Opinionated linters is an example.
Sometimes you just gotta turn your brain off and move forward.
> Both of these examples demonstrate a process, or a decision made in advance A decision made in advance is not a process. Unlike all the other real-world examples of committed processes in the article, premade decisions don't require discipline - the actual substitute for motivation - to execute in a meaningful way that ensures actual progress.
My process/playbook for determining if I go to the gym is I go if I didn’t go the day before.
This is both a premade decision and a process that requires discipline to execute on.
So why isn’t a decision made in advance an example of a simple process?
This is a good one. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if the made decision is suboptimal. It’s better than no decision. Opinionated linters is an example. Sometimes you just gotta turn your brain off and move forward.
> Both of these examples demonstrate a process, or a decision made in advance A decision made in advance is not a process. Unlike all the other real-world examples of committed processes in the article, premade decisions don't require discipline - the actual substitute for motivation - to execute in a meaningful way that ensures actual progress.