Handing in my badge

[GJABS]

A friend of mine does odd days here and there as a film extra, with these guys:
https://www.castingcollective.co.uk/
He says sometimes he gets paid as much as £300/day for standing around doing not very much.
Might be of interest to you.

[mudskipper]

A friend of mine does odd days here and there as a film extra, with these guys:
https://www.castingcollective.co.uk/
He says sometimes he gets paid as much as £300/day for standing around doing not very much.
Might be of interest to you.

That looks like it could be fun! Cheers!

[TheDude]

I hand in my badge next week.

I too have lost all faith in modern IT practices.

All of the agile teams I have worked in managed to produce software with very few defects and introduced new features each sprint.

The days of bearded analysts producing a spec the size of a phone book before a line of code is written are long gone in most sectors.

Lets face it even safety critical processes make their fair share errors.

[saptastic]

Last day contracting today (well a few loose ends to tie up with clientB but that aside...)

Have decided IT is no longer for me - not enjoying it, no motivation to learn new stuff, and generally just need to do something different. HMRC/gov policy definitely a factor too - just CBA with it all.

No plan at present, but ideas include -

1. Become a deliveroo rider
2. Upcycle unwanted furniture
3. Buy and operate an ice-cream tricycle

Immediate plan is to do some DIY to try and get the house in a semi-respectable state.

Other ideas (ideally that bring in a modest income) welcome

Forum mod?

[Fraidycat]

All of the agile teams I have worked in managed to produce software with very few defects and introduced new features each sprint.

sprint: run at full speed over a short distance.

These agile methodologies pay lip service to working at a sustainable pace so developers don't burn out but then contradict themselves by using emotive words like 'sprint', which are a never ending cycle of fake deadlines, as soon as one sprint finishes the next one starts..

The typical software development project is a 2 year marathon, but now gets split up into 50 two weeks 'sprints'.

I don't really like being given fake deadlines every two weeks to keep the pressure on. But I get paid well for it so smile and keep invoicing. But i do wonder about some of the permies, how they do constant agile sprints for just 50K a year. Feels to me like sweat shop working conditions for that kind of money.

[SueEllen]

Forum mod?

You really don't like her do you?

[TheDude]

The typical software development projects is typically a 2 year marathon, but now gets split up into 100 two weeks 'sprints'.

I don't really like being given fake deadlines every two weeks to keep the pressure on. But I get paid well for it so smile and keep invoicing. But i do wonder about some of the permies, how they do agile for just 50K a year. Feels like sweat shop working conditions for that kind of money.

The point of splitting the process up is that you always have something that works and new features can be demonstrated to users and response to feedback can be incorporated at the earliest opportunity. Poor design decisions can also be refactored at the earliest opportunity.

[vetran]

sprint: run at full speed over a short distance.

These agile methodologies pay lip service to working at a sustainable pace so developers don't burn out but then contradict themselves by using emotive words like 'sprint', which are a never ending cycle of fake deadlines, as soon as one sprint finishes the next one starts..

The typical software development project is a 2 year marathon, but now gets split up into 50 two weeks 'sprints'.

I don't really like being given fake deadlines every two weeks to keep the pressure on. But I get paid well for it so smile and keep invoicing. But i do wonder about some of the permies, how they do constant agile sprints for just 50K a year. Feels to me like sweat shop working conditions for that kind of money.

obviously haven't been on the same sprints as me, using sprint to describe wandering lost in the desert is amusing.

[AtW]

No plan at present, but ideas include -

1. Become a deliveroo rider
2. Upcycle unwanted furniture
3. Buy and operate an ice-cream tricycle

4. Play Scrabble for money

[vetran]

4. Play Scrabble for money

Become a squirrel farmer!