Re:Ask HN: Uncommon but attainable programmer skillsets valu...
by ksk on Monday April 23, 2018 @02:27PM
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Well, its the age old pragmatism versus idealism dichotomy. One isn't better than the other, except sometimes.
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Re:Ask HN: Uncommon but attainable programmer skillsets valu...
by wcarss on Monday April 23, 2018 @02:48PM
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I don't feel "agile" is the same as being smart about scope cuts, or about shaving yaks that aren't in the way, so I'm left feeling that your comment was ...a bit of a shitty place to drag the discourse. :)
In other words then, I'm more inclined to think of what I was saying as that it may be better to hold off on shitting at all if you're having a hard time, than to decisively shit your pants long after you've left the toilet.
Some people will check if this is really a critical thing to accomplish right now, and just work around it when it makes sense. This can be the difference between 100% done, six weeks late, and 95% done on time, with a small outstanding improvement left to complete. It may even be easier to do when other work is done first.
Sometimes you can't go around it -- then the honey badger does surely take the day! But I've found (and seen) a lot of success in asking yourself / a Product Owner if a feature can be delayed, or even cut.