<style type="text/css"> .reveal { font-size: 30px; } .reveal p { text-align: left; } .reveal ul { display: block; } .reveal ol { display: block; } </style> # Bedtime stories ## read by Matthias --- # Bedtime story ## We don't need heros ---- ## Sources * The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride [Sandro Mancuso] * Chapters: "An Epic Failure ", "Lesson Learned" * own comments in [brackets] ---- ## An Epic Failure ---- > "We did not know it [the requirements] ---- > "... he [manager, PO, ...] wanted ... [it] done by a certain date ---- > "... we were almost certain we would not be able to deliver everything ... ---- > "... we told him [manager, PO, ...] that we probably would not meet the deadline ... ---- > "... if we worked hard we would be able to pull it off ---- > "... **we** said we would do it and try our best ---- > "... [they - management, PO, stakeholders] asked for more and more features but the deadline did not move ---- > “No, there is no negotiation, unfortunately. You need to implement everything,” ---- > "... we thought our only option was to get on with it and work as many hours as we could. ---- > "We spent a few weeks working long hours and weekends. ---- > "... just focus on building the business features because they had to demo them to the marketing team. ---- > "Guys, this is the last push and I know you can do it,” ---- > “Sure, we will do it.” ---- > "We would be considered heroes. ---- > "The system went live and in less than an hour, the application went down. ---- > "Who has time to write tests under such pressure? ---- ## Lesson Learned ---- > "Well, we can say whatever we want, but saying anything after that epic failure was of no use. ---- > "We should have never said we would try to do something we already knew was impossible. ---- > "... we would still not have all the tests in place and all the confidence that the system would behave well. ---- > "Deep inside we wanted to show how good we were. ---- > "... we could be heroes. ---- > "... we should have never said we would try and never even thought about being heroes. ---- > "We should have made it very clear we would not commit to anything if ... ---- > "We did not act professionally by thinking we could be heroes. ---- # We should have said no. --- # Bedtime story ## Who owns your career? ---- ## Sources * The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride [Sandro Mancuso] * Chapters: "The Software Craftsmanship Attitude", "Who owns your career?" * own comments in [brackets] ---- ## The Software Craftsmanship Attitude > If we think that a piece of code we wrote some time in the past is still good enough today, it means we didn’t learn anything since. ---- > "Constantly finding ways to become better professionals is a lifetime commitment. ---- > "Who owns your career? ---- ## Who owns your carrer? ---- > "These professionals need to invest in their own careers so they can do a good job... ---- > "Professionals are expected to provide solutions... ---- > "We should own our own careers and be in control of what we learn and when we learn. ---- > "So companies should not be investing in their own people? ---- > "So companies should not be investing in their own people? ## [NO, companies definitely should!] ---- > "Companies that provide time to developers to get better at what they do are much smarter and can become far more efficient. ---- > "Keeping up to date and constantly getting better at what you do is key for a successful career as a software craftsman.