stuff we all need
I stumbled upon a particular blog this morning that worried me at first. I don’t like finding out that I’m heading the wrong direction with something, and this one in particular seemed to make me think that I was. I read on, and saw that it wasn’t mocking the processes of agile development, but the people who have made it a religion.
Amongst the quotes that I was very pleased to see - particularly from a guy who went from “bitter” to “google”, was this:
“And optimal productivity is partly a function of the machine and context in which you’re operating: the quality of your code base, your tools, your documentation, your computing platform, your teammates, even the quality of the time you have during the day, which should be food-filled and largely free of interrupts.”
That sounds like: support your people so they have no blockages.
Overall, I think his thesis is “do what’s right for your people, make sure they’ve got excellent incentives and motivation, and you’ll get it done as soon as it can humanly be done.”
I’ll have to think about it more, but I’m sure it’s an everything-in-moderation point of view.