Victor Pupim

Architecting Solutions. Being kind.

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

The irony is that this city is right next to Edison, NJ, where Thomas Edison made the first commercial electric bulb.

[Ben Dziobek @BenDziobek]

A data center in New Brunswick was canceled tonight when hundreds of residents showed up. When fight big tech and private equity we win.

[VAZE @vazelq]

@maubaron builders hate hearing it, but attention is the real moat now.

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

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[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@damienslash Dude you’re so great 😂😂😂 instant follow

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@brunotngz @NewsLiberdade Cala boca mano

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@brunosouzasc Cara, o que a maconha tem a ver? Parece uma velha falando mal de quem fuma como se fosse o problema. O que é um cigarrinho perto desse monte de álcool, lixo e barulho. Corno

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@camasao50 Você é uma piada cara

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."
I don't know what Agile means.
Nobody does.
That's why it works.

I make $425,000 a year.
To move sticky notes.
From left to right.
On a board.
The board is digital now.
The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.
Progress.

Day one, I said "we need to break down silos."
Everyone nodded.
Silos are bad.
I don't know why.
But destroying them is a career.
My career.

I introduced "squads."
Squads are teams.
But disrupted.
We disrupted the teams into teams.
Different names.
Same people.
Same problems.
But Agile problems now.
Agile problems are strategic.

A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing.
I said, "The mindset."
He asked what that means.
I said, "It's a journey."
He asked where we're going.
I said, "Toward agility."
He asked what agility means.
I pointed at the sticky notes.
They were moving left to right.
That's velocity.
We have velocity now.

The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work.
I said, "That's waterfall thinking."
Waterfall is bad.
Like silos.
I don't know what waterfall is.
But I know it's bad.
She stopped talking.
Waterfall accusations end conversations.

We had a retrospective.
In the retro, we discussed what went wrong.
Everything went wrong.
We put it on sticky notes.
Then we moved the sticky notes.
Into a column called "Parking Lot."
The Parking Lot is where problems go to die.
It's full.
We don't look at it.
That's agile.

Velocity is up 40%.
I defined velocity.
I also defined the points.
I also defined the stories.
We're crushing it.
At the things I made up.
To measure.
Ourselves.

The CEO asked for ROI.
I showed a chart.
The chart went up.
Charts should go up.
This one did.
I didn't label the Y-axis.
Nobody asked.
Leadership is confidence.

We do standups now.
Every day.
We stand.
For 45 minutes.
Standing is agile.
Sitting is waterfall.
My legs hurt.
But we're transforming.

The transformation is now "Phase 3."
Phase 1 was assessment.
Phase 2 was implementation.
Phase 3 is "continuous improvement."
Continuous means forever.
Forever means job security.
I'm very secure.

My contract was extended.
Three more years.
For "cultural impact."
The culture is confused.
But impacted.

Agile transformation isn't about being agile.
It's about transforming.
Continuously.
Toward more transformation.
The destination is the journey.
The journey is billable.

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@ItaloMarsinho Ficou pika 👏

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@InternetH0F Unique moment they even wrote a song about it

https://t.co/E82g3kXwJv

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@MagomedKaimov @financedystop Just a joke dude chill

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@financedystop https://t.co/WY5dz3Rfpx

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@financedystop So you get none of the speed of a lambo neither the comfort of a camper?

[Zane Hengsperger @zanehengsperger]

>Buy 32 aluminum slabs for $250K
>Buy a $250K bandsaw
>Cut rectangles
>Sell to machinists
>Realize software is for cowards

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@GergelyOrosz People have always outsourced thinking and fact check.. from calculators to spreadsheets, the clock on the wall or Wikipedia… we trust the computers.

But yes, the speed how this is happening is crazy… I personally trust LLMs as much as I trust my microwave to show me the hours

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@Austen I cannot believe people are freak out about this.

Icons suck anyway and once they unleash Siri or whatever,
touching your screen and checking meaningless notifications will be way less frequent

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Knight of Cups, with Christian Bale. Every man should watch this movie

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@LewisCTech There are a lot materials we could build houses with, but yet, we always use cement, steel and wood. As an industry, at global scale, it’s hard to change the basics.

[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@latestinspace That’s Deltron 3030 … they’re back!!

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[Victor Pupim @victorpupim]

@SummerRay That’s Deltron 3030 album opening

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