The idea of becoming self-employed or contractor just hit right at home with me. I've been planning similar thing recently, as I started to realize that most jobs I can get, although looking great on paper, end up being frustrating. The main reason is that there is no room for really think and implement good solutions, you end up being a ticket-taker. And the worst part of it all is that the people making decisions about what and when and how to do something are NOT TECHNICAL at all.
I am tired of starting in a new job with a lot of motivation due to the tech stack or problem space it is on, just to discover that I will just get tickets assigned without input from my side or considering if that is the best way to tackle a bigger implementation.
I am looking forward to see the path you take compared to the "plan" I am designing for myself. Hopefully we can share ideas, but I am sure I will benefit from seeing yours.
Unionization would destroy development lol. I heavily recommend upwork, it is all based on reputation, has incredible professionals in great supply. Cannot speak to the market of employers on the platform as that is the capacity I am in. Sinking or swimming is based wholly on merit and your ability to sniff out the valuable relationships from the dead weight sure to be lingering about.
I like the slides Jeff has made showing AI generated pictures. "SCUM VALUES" and "AGILE MEMOOLOGY DISTAINIES" are some of the keywords you can find there.
Rex Montram, an up-and-coming stockjobber in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, wins the hand of Lady Julia, but he is set on a society wedding and the lady is Catholic. She gently explains that he would have to convert. No problem, where do I sign, responds the groom. She sends him off to Father Mowbray, a renowned expert in catechizing the obdurate. The Father finds it tough cultivating an understanding in Rex of the spiritual substance underlying the forms, rituals, and conventions of the Faith. Rex is unshakable—why, whatever you say, Father!” For him, it’s simply a magic incantation, a box to be ticked. That’s all.
Management can have the same unfounded faith in this, that or the other universal solvent to their anxieties that, in reality, they have no idea what the staff is doing or why. Just give me the piece of paper and it’s all good. As the good father reported back to the family
“Lady Marchmain, he doesn’t correspond to any degree of paganism known to the missionaries.”
The same is in store for AI fueled panaceas. It will be all hat, no cattle.
You had me at "The Agile methodology has been the cornerstone of modern software development and team collaboration".
Cornerstone?
Cistern, sewer, armpit, crotch maybe.
Or maybe cornerstone from a consulting revenue perspective ... YES.
What a muppet (not you Adam, you're "well 'ard" as they say in the UK).
As always, I love your work.
The idea of becoming self-employed or contractor just hit right at home with me. I've been planning similar thing recently, as I started to realize that most jobs I can get, although looking great on paper, end up being frustrating. The main reason is that there is no room for really think and implement good solutions, you end up being a ticket-taker. And the worst part of it all is that the people making decisions about what and when and how to do something are NOT TECHNICAL at all.
I am tired of starting in a new job with a lot of motivation due to the tech stack or problem space it is on, just to discover that I will just get tickets assigned without input from my side or considering if that is the best way to tackle a bigger implementation.
I am looking forward to see the path you take compared to the "plan" I am designing for myself. Hopefully we can share ideas, but I am sure I will benefit from seeing yours.
> I am tired of starting in a new job with a lot of motivation due to the tech stack or
> problem space it is on, just to discover that I will just get tickets assigned without input
> from my side or considering if that is the best way to tackle a bigger implementation.
That's exactly how I've felt on so many occasions! I look forward to sharing ideas.
Unionization would destroy development lol. I heavily recommend upwork, it is all based on reputation, has incredible professionals in great supply. Cannot speak to the market of employers on the platform as that is the capacity I am in. Sinking or swimming is based wholly on merit and your ability to sniff out the valuable relationships from the dead weight sure to be lingering about.
Awesome, this is exactly the kind of information I need. Thanks!
This is largely why I became an entrepreneur, though it included a lot more issues with engineering management than just scrum.
I like the slides Jeff has made showing AI generated pictures. "SCUM VALUES" and "AGILE MEMOOLOGY DISTAINIES" are some of the keywords you can find there.
Rex Montram, an up-and-coming stockjobber in Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, wins the hand of Lady Julia, but he is set on a society wedding and the lady is Catholic. She gently explains that he would have to convert. No problem, where do I sign, responds the groom. She sends him off to Father Mowbray, a renowned expert in catechizing the obdurate. The Father finds it tough cultivating an understanding in Rex of the spiritual substance underlying the forms, rituals, and conventions of the Faith. Rex is unshakable—why, whatever you say, Father!” For him, it’s simply a magic incantation, a box to be ticked. That’s all.
Management can have the same unfounded faith in this, that or the other universal solvent to their anxieties that, in reality, they have no idea what the staff is doing or why. Just give me the piece of paper and it’s all good. As the good father reported back to the family
“Lady Marchmain, he doesn’t correspond to any degree of paganism known to the missionaries.”
The same is in store for AI fueled panaceas. It will be all hat, no cattle.