Ben Thorp

software engineer | leader | pontificator

[Ben Thorp @benthorpedo]

@nancywheeler___ @ryanhallyall Is that real?! Looks like an actual drill bit.

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@allenholub Engineering is and has been the right word. Just because our industry has turned it into “assembler” doesn’t mean we should invent new terms.

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@MetaQuestHelp super happy with the quick turn-around on a repaired headset. But you didn’t return my controllers with it. Ticket 4451585 submitted on March 2nd. Please just send new controllers if you can’t find mine.

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@Chris_Grosse Hours perfecting this dive

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@codemash Thx! What about the water park?

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@codemash what’s the policy on non-ticketed plus 1s in the conference space and/or water park?

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@PragmaticAndy “How much work can we fit into this sprint?” How many millions have we wasted trying answer this pointless question? It’s doesn’t cussing matter.

[Simon Wardley @swardley]

X : I'm an expert in agile.
Me : Good on you. I'm sill learning.
X : Would you like me to teach you? Have you ever done any agile before?
Me : I started using XP around 2000, just before the agile manifesto came out. I think this graph will help you.

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@allenholub @Forbes Sounds like we’re describing the Scrum Master, as the founders invisioned the role 20 years ago.

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@johnnyhoover Product Backlog?

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@allenholub It’s simple: leaders using their strengths to serve others. And we could use more of that. Is your issue more with the inappropriate application of the term than the term itself?

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@nota_bennett This is the exact reason I got out of management. Traditional performance management is ineffective, immoral, and inhumane.

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@allenholub An easy trap to fall into as a SM, extrovert or otherwise. SMS job is not to keep the team happy. And having fun playing together is actually an advanced skill for any group so SMs should tease that out over time.

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@caffeinatedgeek C on National Instruments “LabWindows CVI”

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@chusemann Haha yeah I didn’t think about that. “work” from home.

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@chusemann Well can’t be more traffic than an entire community streaming Netflix, YouTube, and inline gaming between the hours of 6 and 12 right?

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@RussellSkaggs Yeah let the grownups figure it out 🤣

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@RussellSkaggs I’ve been in a few Scrum environments that operated like this. Team members got their work priorities from the Product Owner, and retired into a capability lead (Dev, QA, BA). There ar ea few different ways of doing a matrix org structure.

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@ClifforddDavid @mpoppendieck I’ve always felt guilty too, even though I’m twice as productive, get to see my kids in the AM, have time for exercise, etc.

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@NintendoNYC 1st pic - super excited about my new NYC exclusive hoodie! 2nd pic - super bummed that it got trashed after washing per the instructions. Please help! #nintendolove