I’m living in a country that has a lack of professionals in IT. You may think that’s a free ticket to best jobs around, but there are fundamental problems in valuing a candidate’s long term value. The office is very nice. There’s a couch next to the obvious table soccer that dominates the room. In…
Author: chris
Cross-Functional is a Big Lie, and Here’s why
The number one vision of every SCRUM Master out there is the one of the interdisciplinary team. That one miracle staff that can handle any problem, no matter the domain, the task at hand or the complexity. All of them are the ultimate experts and working together as a unit in order to deliver change…
Good People make good Software, not good Processes
I’ve heard so many tales about how agile processes can speed up your development and help you in getting better in whatever you’re planning to do. All over the world the agile movement is celebrating the advent of latest technologies, continuous integration and the value of the MVP as the cornerstones of modern software development….
If you’re going to do SCRUM, better know what you’re buying into
If you are a manager or founder of a tech company that has a fair amount of success right now, you might be considering to switch your development over to agile. A lot (and I mean a LOT) of companies are using SCRUM nowadays to develop their mostly boring line of business software. Typically it…
Tales from Professional Software Development Hell
Yo Internet, thanks for coming over to my humble-yet-so-trendy-infulency ™ blog collection. My name’s Chris, I’m a 30something professional software engineer from Austria. I have more than 13 years of experience in the field of software engineering and want to tell you about my horrific experiences. In all the time working in a professional field,…