Originally posted by heyya99
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Originally posted by heyya99 View PostUtterly detest them. I raised it recently in a retrospective, how pointless I find them, having to justify my work to our BA-cum-PM. Don't think it went down well but I didn't give a tulip"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostYou got the whole process wrong. I suggest you read up on it. It will take you about 3 minutes after a couple of Googling.Comment
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Originally posted by heyya99 View PostI am well aware of the process and why stand-ups exist. It's when they're status meetings under the name of agile stand-up meetings that gets my goat. And it's my professional duty to highlight time and money-wasting bad practice to the client.
Uninformed, ignorant and arrogant, added to the usual level of idiotic and downright ludicrous I'd say that's a full house, impressive.
You mention being professional, well keeping at least a weather eye on the current state of the toolset you profess to sell to clients as part of your contracting package (I don't believe for one second that you manage that incidentally) is not really optional. You're either full of something brown, sticky and reeking or a consummate bullcrap artist. Going from your posting history your bullcrap is terrible quality that no-one has ever believed so I believe it's the first.Comment
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Originally posted by heyya99 View PostI am well aware of the process and why stand-ups exist. It's when they're status meetings under the name of agile stand-up meetings that gets my goat. And it's my professional duty to highlight time and money-wasting bad practice to the client.The Chunt of Chunts.Comment
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostI see his/her/its consistent posting record is unblemished by these recent additions in the professional section of the forum.
Uninformed, ignorant and arrogant, added to the usual level of idiotic and downright ludicrous I'd say that's a full house, impressive.
You mention being professional, well keeping at least a weather eye on the current state of the toolset you profess to sell to clients as part of your contracting package (I don't believe for one second that you manage that incidentally) is not really optional. You're either full of something brown, sticky and reeking or a consummate bullcrap artist. Going from your posting history your bullcrap is terrible quality that no-one has ever believed so I believe it's the first.Comment
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Originally posted by heyya99 View PostI am well aware of the process and why stand-ups exist. It's when they're status meetings under the name of agile stand-up meetings that gets my goat. And it's my professional duty to highlight time and money-wasting bad practice to the client.
It would be wise to tell the client this so you can stop them wasting time and following poor practice in a stand up when it happens."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostDidn't realise you were an agile coach as well.
It would be wise to tell the client this so you can stop them wasting time and following poor practice in a stand up when it happens.Comment
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Originally posted by cntl1 View PostI decided not to "re-qualify" in other stacks, stick with MS, and just do a radical move away from traditional .NET to .NET core stack, complement it with stuff like Angular 2 and see what happens.But then, if things don't work out on the contracting front, I'll likely play with my own "garage startup", since I ain't coming to the perm world again.
I've been contracting for nearly 20 years now in the midlands, with core skills inside the MS stack, but there does seem to be increasing demand for skills such as Javascript and associated frameworks alongside the .NET stack, especially if you want top rates.
What I would say is that whenever I speak to hiring managers, they all tell me how difficult it is to find good staff. Often it's not an issue with technical skills; it's attitude and personality fit.
Given you sound like you'd be flexible on rate and location, I'd say you'd have no problem. Lots of roles out there which employers are struggling to fill, often because the rate is well below market.
Only way to find out for sure is to try.
Good luck!Comment
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