…..as uttered by the infamous Liam Gallagher. We still fall for it in the development world don’t we? The cult of the ‘hero’ or ‘rockstar’: Extremely deep knowledge of their chosen technology? Very often and […]
Author: Ash Winter
My name is Ash, and I was a manager
“My name is Ash, and I was a manager” Sometimes I feel like I should say that in a circle of other former managers and get a ripple of applause for admitting it. Pitchforks at […]
Scaling schmaling
‘Scaling agile’ appears to be the latest organisational obsession. I appear beset on all sides by the latest scaling framework for agile ways of working. SAFe, LeSS and even DAD are examples of acronym driven […]
Inadvertent Local Optimisation
I saw this tweet the other day: If you are a consultant, it’s important to know the difference between a doctor and a drug dealer. Please be more like a doctor.— James Marcus Bach (@jamesmarcusbach) […]
Hard Skills > Culture Fit
So here’s a little bit of hiring people logic for you. I’ve expressed it as pseudo-code all those technical people who insist on exclusive hard skill hiring, despite the long term pain of it all. private Handler handler;public […]
Diagram Industries 