Patricia AasThis whole Agile Coach debacle has helped me realize something that hadn’t fully landed with me before: agile started as a movement driven by builders to «build better», but it is largely dominated now with people who don’t know how to build and look at agile as a management process style. These are MBA-like folks who are trying to figure out how to manage an IT organization. But that wasn’t what agile was about. It was about a better way to build stuff, better stuff, by collaboration and not getting stuck in our ways.
This shit is going on LinkedIn 🤣
Apparently annoying agile coaches is becoming a problematic hobby of mine.
I’m getting so many replies on LinkedIn I can now report that threading and notifications on LinkedIn are absolute shit
Oh my, some of the Agile Coaches are big mad. It is absolutely hilarious how they don’t seem to be used to people saying they don’t believe in their cult. They really don’t like agile, but they get pissed when I tell them that’s exactly what my post was about.
I’m great at LinkedIn:
«It’s fascinating to see how folks who were still in primary school when I was working on a browser and doing agile, are showing up with their No True Scotsman. I’ve been building products for 20 years. I have programmed professionally in everything from assembly to typescript for 20 years. I had run retrospectives for years before Obama was elected president. Y’all Agile mansplainers need to take a chill pill 😘»
I think maybe I’m not LinkedIn material 🙈
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This whole Agile Coach debacle has helped me realize something that hadn’t fully landed with me before: agile started as a movement driven by builders to «build better», but it is largely dominated now with people who don’t know how to build and look at agile as a management process style. These are MBA-like folks who are trying to figure out how to manage an IT organization. But that wasn’t what agile was about. It was about a better way to build stuff, better stuff, by collaboration and not getting stuck in our ways. | 131 comments on LinkedIn
Alan Hicks@Patricia You're doing fine.
I'm a bit distracted on a project otherwise I would engage more, but you're getting good feedback on all your blogs. It really is worth the effort.
I'm a bit distracted on a project otherwise I would engage more, but you're getting good feedback on all your blogs. It really is worth the effort.
@AlanHicksLondon I didn’t expect people to be this rattled by a glorified book report and an observation, but then I suspect they needed some shaking up.
@Patricia yes it's unfortunate, but better to discuss this issue. For too long management wonks have abused timeboxing to manage the people doing the work instead of prioritising and focusing on the work that needs doing.
turid@Patricia I find this over reaction so weird. Like how much power do you they think you have? Can't they just leave one developer who doesn't believe in what they're selling alone? I know your opinions are very public, and a lot of people have read/heard them. But I just don't think the demand for agile coaching will suddenly drop because of your talk/posts. So they are basically just mad that not everyone likes them?
@turid I have 2 theories:
1. They are not used to dealing with criticism they can’t reject out of hand. I have deeper and longer industry experience than most of them. They also have no power over me. This is not something they’re used to.
2. Deep inside they know the emperor has no clothes, but not knowing (even actively promoting it) is the basis of their paychecks.
Maybe both? Maybe something else? It’s definitely interesting to observe.
Three plus or minus five@Patricia Tempted to find you on LinkedIn just so I can watch
@ThreeSigma Feel free, same name, the post that got them most mad is the one about Agile I copied from here. Approaching 100 replies or something
@ThreeSigma oh shit it’s at 120
@Patricia With that much controversy, you know the stakes gotta be really low.
Ms Ngo@Patricia Aw man, you’re going to make me open up LinkedIn now.
Bob Thomson@Patricia You don’t need an LLM to rewrite that as - LinkedIn is shit.
@Patricia it’s a mystery to what folks who develop LinkedIn do for a pay cheque.
@Patricia possibly the same devs work on JobServe.com another fossilised web site.
@bobthomson70 It wouldn’t surprise me if it’s largely unmaintained
@Patricia you can often identify the eejits on LinkedIn because their headline is not a job title or role, it’s made up of a bunch of self-aggrandisements and aspirations. 🤡
Velocipede Rider
Gaute ⚡ Holmin
inbox are sponsored messages and headhunters that don't understand my CV and want to recruit me to jobs I'm not qualified for.
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Demian@Patricia a site started by Reid Hoffman and owned by M$ is not going to be good for workers including developers
Tomas Ekeli@Patricia "queen of snark" was whispered among the attendants of your NDC talk.
You own it.
You own it.
Carl Myrland@tomasekeli
Viewed from the outside, I feel IT/agile management people are the yaps of the 2010/20's?
@Patricia
Viewed from the outside, I feel IT/agile management people are the yaps of the 2010/20's?
@Patricia
@cmyrland @tomasekeli I would need you to expand a bit on that one
0xC0DEC0DE07EA@Patricia problematic for who?
@c0dec0dec0de Good question
sean butler@Patricia try asking them why fibonacci and not any other exponentially increasing sequuence
@Patricia Good on you. 🥃