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Bleeding edge: "Hey, look at this new thing I discovered! You are now required to use it. No arguing."
Agile: "It just means faster, right?"
DevOps: "You mean I can hire one person for two full-time jobs without paying two salaries?" -
@Khazbs Did you know a guy called Dylan Beattie created the Rockstar programming language, just to give developers a chance to show up for an interview and say "yep, I actually am a certified Rockstar developer.
https://codewithrockstar.com/
https://dylanbeattie.net/
Check out one of his conference talks as well.
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hjk10157312yI worked at a place where agile was just no structure or decent planning. There are tickets but we where agile because we can jump on anything fast. So you keel getting interrupted (mostly by operational tasks), and whoever screams the loudest or has most sway gets immediate priority...
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Khazbs752y@devdiddydog Yes, I had heard of this programming language, which is precisely why I left that comment! :D Thanks for sharing this story with everyone! :)
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