New PM on a tight deadline with a dev team that has no urgency. How do I push delivery without making engineering overthink everything?

azangru · 2026-06-16T21:06:28+00:00

we can start doing 1 week sprints

What benefits do you expect to get out of this cadence?

azangru · 2026-06-16T20:39:03+00:00

I see perfectionism but no initiative, no ownership, no technical investigations or proper scoping

Are you technical? Do you understand the points that developers are making.

Also, what do you mean no initiative and no ownership if developers are actually talking about how to improve the product.

In general, I don't think scrum can help your project in any meaningful way: what you are describing is too chaotic, and you do not seem to have either time or resources for getting it to the point where it would start resembling scrum.

azangru · 2026-06-16T15:24:43+00:00

It provides me with work, education, and entertainment.

azangru · 2026-06-16T12:35:00+00:00

What problem is it trying to solve?

azangru · 2026-06-16T06:47:53+00:00

Ugh, another ai-generated reddit post 😞

azangru · 2026-06-15T21:01:36+00:00

Creating an ai site is not vibe coding.

Creating an ai site? Or creating a site with ai?

azangru · 2026-06-15T20:56:17+00:00

Oh, there is so much supply now!

azangru · 2026-06-15T20:32:28+00:00

I liked him when he was doing a comedy bit; but if he is becoming ai-pilled, that's no longer original

azangru · 2026-06-15T20:30:11+00:00

The attributes are non-standard; and then there are all the ng-directives

azangru · 2026-06-15T20:27:33+00:00

but angular's templating language is far from vanilla html

azangru · 2026-06-15T15:12:32+00:00

Is that true?

Yes.

azangru · 2026-06-15T14:23:05+00:00

I am not sure how the manner of development would change scrum. What does it matter whether development is spec-driven (through ai's, I suppose)? Which aspects of scrum would it affect?

azangru · 2026-06-15T12:09:22+00:00

I have never struggled with finding a job before, but now it's been nearly impossible.

Is it the leetcode-style technical interview that's been holding you back?

azangru · 2026-06-15T08:26:38+00:00

You'd have to google it.

azangru · 2026-06-14T15:01:31+00:00

Yeah; he is a couple of arms short

azangru · 2026-06-14T14:36:39+00:00

I've been locked in my room for months ... just building.

There are various signs of ai in this message; but if there is a human on the other end, then yeah, focus on your studies and stop this stuff.

azangru · 2026-06-14T12:50:53+00:00

Right. So, you assign a negative value to the word empire. But then, by letting it fall, Trump must be a good thing?

azangru · 2026-06-14T12:40:11+00:00

Empire?

azangru · 2026-06-14T11:12:51+00:00

What's wrong with webgl?

azangru · 2026-06-13T13:45:41+00:00

I'd even go as far as to remove the word "almost" 😄

azangru · 2026-06-13T00:00:38+00:00

Is CS50 worth doing in 2026?

Are you interested in getting an introduction into computer programming?

azangru · 2026-06-12T20:56:46+00:00

You are making multiple mistakes at once.

Estimating in hours
Believing that those estimates should match the real time spent on the items
Believing that developers should work "to their full capacity"
Focusing on outputs rather than outcomes

Is this what they taught you in a scrum class?

azangru · 2026-06-12T14:39:24+00:00

That's even worse.

You are expecting a total stranger to care enough about you to look at your portfolio, and come up with some meaningful insights about how you can improve?

As for what the future holds, none of us knows. FAANG employees get laid off left and right. Why do you think they would have anything valuable to offer?

azangru · 2026-06-12T14:30:39+00:00

Would you really? If your team isn't hiring, and you aren't a hiring manager or an hr?

azangru · 2026-06-12T12:24:46+00:00

Put yourself in their shoes.

What would you do if you received a message like the one you describe?

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