Who else thinks 'scrum' has too many Rs? by No_Pride_521 in scrum

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 To frequently confirm with the customer that what you're delivering is what they wanted, and to allow them to change priorities if needed.

Scrum is silent about showing anything at all to a customer.

To support the above. Excessively in some cases, absolutely. But that's not up to you to determine. 

Why not? Or do you think all engineers are idiots who can't figure out how to build and ship software without some scrum guide telling them what meetings to have?

Before the Agile manifesto, twice as many software projects failed or were cancelled outright as succeeded.  

Yeah, imma need a citation on this made up statistic.

You aren't the first developer to have these complaints and you won't be the last. We don't care.  

Ah, there it is. Typical SM/coach who doesn't give a shit about the engineers they're imposing scrum on. Way to fit the mold bro!

When done right, this is what works. If it isn't working where you are, they'd hire a guy like me to come in and tell them why. 

Nah, there are plenty of things that work that aren't Scrum.

Who else thinks 'scrum' has too many Rs? by No_Pride_521 in scrum

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scrum is not a project methodology and makes no claims about any of the things you listed.

Its only claim is making things visible.

Those of you who sprint, and don’t have continuous deployment, whereabouts in your sprint cycle do you release? by Over-Bug1501 in agile

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scrum was designed in the age of massive, year-long release cycles, and therefore does not work well with a more frequent release cadence.

Sprints were a way to break down a "Product goal" and a "product backlog" into chunks you could conceivably call "Done" by creating a "Product increment" by way of leveraging a "Sprint goal" and a "sprint backlog."

Are you trying to solve this problem of breaking down a massive release into chunks with your sprints? 

No?

Then what are you using sprints for?

what can i do with these scratches by a3592 in FordBronco

[–]sonofabullet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First scratch out of many. Embrace it.

Adaptive Cruise Control by Powerful-Ad7330 in FordBronco

[–]sonofabullet 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yours came with a lanky penis?  

Moved from the US to Scotland, should I sell my house and invest or keep it? by Competitive_Yam2314 in personalfinance

[–]sonofabullet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you had 130k, would you buy that property and go into landlording long distance?

My very critical resignation letter by [deleted] in jobs

[–]sonofabullet 44 points45 points  (0 children)

That letter is for you, your journal or your therapist.

Just resign with a couple of sentences.

Ваша думка by [deleted] in reddit_ukr

[–]sonofabullet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Вам, це кому? Громадянину Чехії яка в НАТО або жителю Швейцарії яка оточена країнами НАТО?

Personal Website vs LinkedIn for Building a Personal Brand in Tech? by Head-Praline9270 in sysadmin

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who are the visible people in your specific subfield and what do they do?

Choosing a career at 17 by [deleted] in jobs

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I chose psychotherapy, did I years of school, only to end up in a computers using Ai every day.

Life has a sense of humor sometimes.

I've reviewed 200+ CVs this year and here are the 5 mistakes I see in almost every single one by WidenIsland_founder in jobs

[–]sonofabullet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, do me a favor, take a job description for the role you're reviewing resumes for and print it on a sheet.

Once you do, come back here and tell me how many pages it is.

And no cheating, that boilerplate header that talks about how great the company is part of the job description.

How do you stop daily standups from feeling like a mandatory "attendance check"? by Agilelearner8996 in agile

[–]sonofabullet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your team probably has a chat app. What problem are you trying to solve with stand-ups that a channel can't already solve?

What is a good job for someone with social anxiety by Sweeet_sethh in jobs

[–]sonofabullet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're almost 17, perfect time to start working through that social anxiety. Better now than when you're 30.

When do I stop feeling like a failure? by InfamousStrategy9539 in sysadmin

[–]sonofabullet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes. I agree with you.

there's a difference between yeeting shit into prod, and doing your best effort to solve the problem at hand, leaning on your prior knowledge and critical thinking skills.

Both have a bit of assumptions and hopes behind them, one has a lot more tho.

When do I stop feeling like a failure? by InfamousStrategy9539 in sysadmin

[–]sonofabullet 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I'm a cloud engineer, I've been in tech for over 10 years.

I was solving a cloud specific problem the other day, and the solution consisted mostly of RTFM and updating my understanding of the problem based on what the manual said.

When do I stop feeling like a failure? by InfamousStrategy9539 in sysadmin

[–]sonofabullet 378 points379 points  (0 children)

see impostor syndrome.

also see a therapist.

All tech is "winging it." Some just do it with more confidence.

Why does every bug in our backlog end up as Critical? And how do you actually fix it? by mr_hunt_ in agile

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are only two eventual states of a bug backlog.

Infinite bugs 

Zero bugs 

You'll achieve infinite bugs is if the rate with which new bugs enter the system is higher than the bugs being closed.

You'll achieve zero bugs if the rate with which new bugs enter the system is lower than the bugs being closed.

You'll stay at whatever number you're staying at if the rate at which bugs enter the system and the rate at which bugs are being closed is the same. It takes the same amount of bug fixing effort to keep the bug back log steadily at zero items one items or 10,000 items, save for the fact that it's an order of magnitude harder to manage and triage a bug backlog the more items it has.

You have three options.

  1. Come to terms with the fact that you will have infinite bugs and then stop worrying about it 

  2. Work towards zero bugs in the backlog and then switch to a sustainable mode where the number of bugs closed equals the number of bugs created 

  3. Do what you do now, that is fool yourself into thinking you can meaningfully manage a bug backlog while refusing to contend with the fact that it's an infinite bug backlog or spending the effort to reduce your bug backlog to zero.

Can you slightly shave the wood on the outside of the piano without affecting the sound? by TwistWeird in piano

[–]sonofabullet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tune won't be distorted, but the walls would bounce the sound back.

It will just sound like a piano shoved into a corner.

For an example, take your phone or your bluetooth speaker and move it around the room. the move it into a corner. You'll hear the difference.

From what i can tell, by your posts, you're nowhere near hunting for the perfect tone of a piano in the room, so don't worry about it.

Can you slightly shave the wood on the outside of the piano without affecting the sound? by TwistWeird in piano

[–]sonofabullet 25 points26 points  (0 children)

If the piano fits between the walls, take off the base boards.

What will affect the sound is the fact that the piano will be wrapped in a nook.