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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Personally, I was never great with agile projects. I get that it’s good for most and sort of used it when I was a CTO but as a solo developer, there are days when I’d rather eat a bowl of hair than write code and then some days, I’ll work all night because I got inspired to finish a whole feature.

I realize I’m probably an exception that maybe proves the rule but I loathed daily stand-ups. Most people probably need the structure. I was more of a “Give me a goal and a deadline and leave me alone, especially at 9am.” person. (Relatedly, I was also a terrible high school student and amazing at college. Give me a book and a paper to write and you’ll have your paper. If you have daily bullshit and participation points, I’ll do enough to pass but no more.)

[–] tinyVoltron@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Stand-ups can become so proforma. What did you do yesterday? I coded. What are you doing today? I am going to code. Do you have any blockers? No. It gets a little repetitive after a while.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I think you are missing the part where you help others with their blockers.

[–] tinyVoltron@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If someone is blocked I'd be pretty cranky if they waited until the next day to mention it. Blockers are to be dealt with swiftly and with extreme prejudice.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah. I can see in your case a stand up could be replaced with a status update message.

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