Programmer Anarchy

[darmstadt]

Job posting came through with something called 'Programmer Anarchy' in the specs which states that:

The office operates under 'Programmer Anarchy' which is an extreme extension of Agile implemented by one of the initial founders of Agile. This methodology allows their current technology driven developers to take complete ownership over their code and the full SDLC which is a truly unique concept.

I personally have never heard of this and had a quick look at what it is and apparently some of the diktat's are:

• There are no PMs, Iteration Managers, BAs, QAs / testers or “managers of programmers” – all the normal rules of managing software development in a professional environment are gone. This is on the basis that formality and rules are constraining to creativity and productivity
• It runs on the concept that with no managers to give power to their programmers to go ahead and develop (managers “empowering” their teams), programmers go ahead and take total responsibility for the success of each project in a form of self-organised “anarchy”

I like the first one but then again practically everything I read about it is what a number of people I know have been doing for years. Where do these people come from who come up with these ideas, numpty-land? FFS, IT is a piece of piss yet people insist on making it so complex by putting all this tulip in and then writing a framework around it and some ****wit middle manager takes it onboard and you end up doing twice the work. If I ever meet once of these 'academic' IT professionals I'm going to cut his nutsack off (its never women, in fact women are sensible, look at Grace Hopper) and ram it up his nostrils while stuffing reams PL/X coding up his arse.



(Actually a team at Credit Suisse used this for a project but there were BA's and PM's so basically they didn't, so its a bunch of bollocks. God, I hate all these frameworks and tulip, glad I don't have to deal with them, ******* useless bunch of tulipshaggingdaffodils))

[SimonMac]

We have a version of that here called simply Anarchy

[Mich the Tester]

So does this approach mean you get to do things in half the time?

Are you sure you're really cut out to be a contractor?

[suityou01]

Let me get his straight, a room full of autistic developer types let loose on the business, should have a better outcome than in a properly managed environment?

[darmstadt]

So does this approach mean you get to do things in half the time?

Are you sure you're really cut out to be a contractor?

**** knows, probably not as there's always going to be someone who wants to be the manager and thwap, like a potato up the exhaust pipe, you're ****ed

I have consultant down on my executive CV :-)

Let me get his straight, a room full of autistic developer types let loose on the business, should have a better outcome than in a properly managed environment?

Show me a properly managed environment (where I don't happen to be) where everything goes to plan and I'll eat the fluff out of your bellybutton...

[eek]

We have a version of that here called simply Anarchy

Nope thats our design methodology. It seems that some consultants are better than others at covering their backside. Big PM is going to scream when he hears the latest issue.....

[suityou01]

**** knows, probably not as there's always going to be someone who wants to be the manager and thwap, like a potato up the exhaust pipe, you're ****ed

I have consultant down on my executive CV :-)



Show me a properly managed environment (where I don't happen to be) where everything goes to plan and I'll eat the fluff out of your bellybutton...

Nokia Siemens Networks. Fantastic company, good competent process oriented people. Working with a complex on shore/offshore model. Granted the programme manager was a bit shouty (being an ex army type) but he ran a tight ship.

Now would sir care for garlic mayo or chilli sauce?

[suityou01]

Nope thats our design methodology. It seems that some consultants are better than others at covering their backside. Big PM is going to scream when he hears the latest issue.....

Did Smac do it?

[Mich the Tester]

Show me a properly managed environment (where I don't happen to be) where everything goes to plan and I'll eat the fluff out of your bellybutton...

Now would sir care for garlic mayo or chilli sauce?

[Mich the Tester]

Nokia Siemens Networks. Fantastic company, good competent process oriented people. Working with a complex on shore/offshore model. Granted the programme manager was a bit shouty (being an ex army type) but he ran a tight ship.

Now would sir care for garlic mayo or chilli sauce?

I think you've scored there Suity. Will the bellybutton licking take place before or after your night with MS?

Should we warn the Luton Travelodge of what is to come?