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[trickstra]

Some engineers complain about having the ability to pick their tasks and have input in prioritization and planning? This has always been the most attractive part of agile for me. Self-organized team. Built around motivated individuals. Striving for technical excellence.

[tsunamifury → trickstra]

In forums almost every engineer that complains about agile to me then goes on to describe a deeply regimented waterfall system they are actually in.

The second common complaint is “I don’t want to do the hard work of giving input, just tell me what to code”.

[trickstra → tsunamifury]

This is why I hire students. I have to teach them my way before some other company ruins them forever.