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Actually, I went from a large monolith company to a smaller company that respects our work environment and abilities, and leaves us to do our job we were hired to do, not attend kindergarten every day.
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Someone correct me if I am wrong, wait - I'm in the lounge, that happens naturally here....
My perception, and it's been a few years that the roots of agile come from extreme programming (there is a great book somewhere here, maybe my attic) which with the exception of pair programming, opened my eyes to some serious issues in our industry. At the time, I was a manager of a DB development team. After I read this book, my conclusion was we're doing this wrong.
This is where Agile just made things way too complex for me. KISS is better for project management - hence I understand the OP's rant. Nuggets and epiphanies I pulled from this book:
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Good details and excellent background on what the real problem is.
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There has never been a replacement for quality, standardized software engineering practices.
Many have tried but all have failed.
Agile is merely the latest boondoggle and fad that our profession is currently experiencing.
It was a pathetic paradigm from the beginning and will always remain so...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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I agree wholeheartedly. The principles found in the Agile Manifesto bear little resemblance to the resource-wasting, bloated bureaucracy of what is considered "Agile" today. Among the worst of the offenders in this current implementation is landing non-technical PMs and BAs in charge of managing software projects. Experienced software engineers can learn good project management and business processes FAR easier than non-technical business types can learn software engineering.
FWIW, if you the reader have nothing better to do, here are some Linked articles I wrote a while back that are still true today and address this topic.
Rethinking Software Development
Agile Principles from a Traditional American View
Soup to Nuts Software Development
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Couldn't agree more. The customer facing side of agile with quick turnaround times and continual feedback is good. The management side is mostly crap. Pair programming? Who came up with that? That's way out there in left field. Agile is based on "collectivism" where the whole team "owns" everything which basically means nobody owns anything. When you don't have ownership for what you do, you are less likely to take care of it. Whens the last time you washed and vacuumed out a rental car before returning it? When you have complete ownership in what you do, its your baby and you will naturally do whatever it takes to make it a success. Its human nature. Developers should own the code they work on. If it breaks, they should be responsible to fix it. If its a success, they get the credit. Developers should be involved in all of the high level meetings with the customer, setting priorities, etc... In fact, there should be less project managers, more software engineer / rock star / project managers. Developers should be managing their own projects.
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Heh, I'm glad that I WAS the firmware department at the places I worked. Never had to join the Agile cult.
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I agree with you, aside from your point that just talking to each other is enough in large teams. From a certain team size on (maybe ~8+ programmers), I don't see how it can work without agile. In an innovative environment, where the project goals change several times over time, it's almost impossible to keep everyone heading in the same direction without any formal procedures. I also find them painful, but I see the necessity.
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Can you not have a simple group meeting once a week together? Does it require Agile to MAKE you do what you should be doing anyway?
Do you need all the retro, what went right, what went wrong, what can we do better, business meetings where many are not present, stand up every day? Really?
Do we need to be herded around like cattle in order to do something we should do on our own?
Good grief. 
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It has it's place. In the right place it can work well.
My 2c. Any methodology can be made to work with the right people involved. I've seen really slick implementations of Agile that were doing great work. More often though I've seen really sick implementations of Faintly Resembling Agile (Fragile) that are like a big ship in search of an iceberg.
I think Agile is reliant heavily on the cohesion of the people and their shared vision in a way that other approaches do not suffer. And in my experience it gets worse as the team size grows.
The only other thing that I would add is that the current fad for Agile for everything is dangerous. Agile procurement, Agile quality control. . .For starters it does not fit well with fixed price solution procurements in Government.
PS: I'm a Certified Scrum Master.
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Monday Dec 13th.
Good thing I'm not superstitious ... 
I've only got that because they are short-staffed at Herself's work - so she couldn't get to her one on the 8th and had to reschedule. So I cheekily asked if I could get mine at the same time as her since it's an 80 mile / 130Km round trip.
And they said "Yes, if you can make it for 11:20". Can we? Oh yes!
Gah! I'm actually looking forward to be stabbed with a needle ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Mine was two weeks ago, on Friday 13th. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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OriginalGriff wrote: since it's an 80 mile / 130Km round trip.
Do you live out in the middle of nowhere? Is that really the closest you can go to get one?
In the US you can go to any other corner and get one. Even rural areas are usually closer to the vaccine than 40 miles.
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1) Not quite, but close.
2) Yes.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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newbie_12 wrote: Do you live out in the middle of nowhere?
There is no such thing in the UK.
If you live in the middle of nowhere in Sweden you can drive for half a day without meeting a single person.
In the UK they will have changed dialect several times in the same timespan.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: In the UK they will have changed dialect several times in the same timespan.
That's Italy too.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I had mine in August; it's almost time for the next booster.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Lucky you. Unfortunately I started showing symptoms last week so I got tested and am positive. Luckily I am vaccinated (second shot back in May) and would have been eligible for the booster last week.
My symptoms were coughing, head congestion and mild fever but on Thursday evening I lost my sense of smell/taste. I went to the doctor the next day and got tested. Today I feel fine other than my coughing and now runny nose and inability to taste. All during this my blood oxygen level was around 95% give or take a few points.
I'm just isolating right now waiting my 10 days. Good thing I've been working from home. I don't have to worry about infecting anyone at work. Of course I'll be missing Thanksgiving day at my brother's house.
Right now the worst part is not being able to enjoy food. Everything tastes like... well, nothing.
Kelly Herald
Software Developer
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Kelly Herald wrote: Of course I'll be missing Thanksgiving day at my brother's house.
In our family that's considered a bit of a blessing. 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Mine Too! This year it will be me and SWMBO.
TP
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I've just got my regular second shot.
Painful arm, headache, nausea, stomach ache...
Bad days from...
COVID-19: 0
Vaccination: 2
Yet if I don't get vaccinated I'm a risk to society and my government (and lots of people with them) want to exclude me from society
I'm not in a risk group (nearly my entire family had it without much issues), but I get it, big numbers and all...
But for me personally, I wouldn't have done it if there wasn't all this talk of 2G and such (that's why I only got it now instead of months ago).
No way in hell I'm getting a booster and make that bad day score a 3-0 for vaccination 
In your case I totally get it, of course.
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That's kind of the point - this is a disease which breeds like crazy, and is about twice as transmissible as 'flu. In about two years, it has (officially) killed 5,000,000 people worldwide, compared to 'flu which kills 650,000 per year.
And you can be infection and symptom free for two weeks, it seems.
Vaccination isn't to save you - though it helps - it's to reduce the infection and transmission rate, and thus the loading on badly stretched health systems which leads to increasing death rates.
The vaccination gave me one bad day for the first jab, and some bad hours for the second, plus some injection site pain for a week or so. But that bad day was nowhere near as bad as the best day I had with the "real thing".
I know, I know - I'm not going to convince you to have the booster, and I'm honestly not trying to - just give the facts from my experience.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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OriginalGriff wrote: just give the facts from my experience
My facts are that I've managed to not get COVID for almost two years now and the chances of me getting it anytime soon are slim.
It's one of the perks of being a semi-hermit
OriginalGriff wrote: But that bad day was nowhere near as bad as the best day I had with the "real thing".
The "real thing" is probably going to manifest itself as a mild flu if I should ever get it.
And yes, I realize that's what most unvaccinated people in the hospital were saying, but I was willing to take my chances until the government more or less forced it on me.
If you're 50+ or in a risk group I'd recommend taking the vaccine, if you want to go out and party, please take it.
If you're like me and not in a risk group and don't go out much (and need an excuse to stay at home), don't get it if you don't want it.
Whatever you decide... It's a personal choice and should at all times be respected.
I can tell you that people who end up in the hospital are not doing it to spite society.
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In the near future it will be endemic and sooner or later you will become immune either way.
Your choice is whether immunity comes from vaccine or disease.
For me that choice was simple.
That said, you probably won't need a booster in the near future, better save that for countries in a better need.
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