Fesshole 🧻1d ago
The best preparation for being a parent wasn't NCT classes or books; it was managing a team of software engineers. My 4 and 2 year olds are far better at playing with others than those maladjusted coders.
Show threadJen1d ago
@fesshole conversely, having kids was by far the best training to become a scrum master.

All the buzzwords and "ceremonies" and "artifacts" were pretentious guff. The team just needed a mum to support and encourage them, help them when they got stuck, and occasionally bring them snacks.
Show threadTubemeister1d ago

@jetlagjen @fesshole I’ve been through the “we’re going to introduce scrumagilebuzzword *exactly* by the book” twice(1) and let’s just say it’s a pity so few scrum coaches understand that it’s not about the rituals and the dogma and the jumping through hoops but about making problems go away and an occasional pat on the back.

(1) burned out on software development doing so, though that was mostly the accompanying “all pair programming all the time” insanity.

Show threadNSKE
@Tubemeister @jetlagjen @fesshole oh yeah, I finally managed to eliminate all my hand, neck and back problems through proper posture etc. then wallop, they all came back with the pair programming.
Mar 26 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadTubemeister1d ago

@nske I didn't even notice any posture things, it was mainly being distracted as the default way of working instead of something to try to get away from.

The shoulder surfer in your personal space, the not taking breaks when you need to because other person, the no headphones in open plan office so noisy environment, etc.

I was mentally *wrecked* by 2 pm.

Show threadNSKE1d ago
@Tubemeister We had to do it over Teams so I can only conclude I'm just not built to stare at the screen or be seen to be typing for so long at a stretch. It's just a really tense way of working and absolutely not conducive to thinking about a problem.
Show threadJen1d ago
@nske @Tubemeister @fesshole sounds like a decision made by people not affected by it, without listening to people who are.

Which, coincidentally, was the cause of my back problems. Someone from head office decided we should all have new chairs and they were *bad*. Following a letter from my GP, I was given a fancy super-adjustable chair and two visits from occ health. Must have cost them 2k+. They could have just left me my old chair like I asked.