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Re:How did I get so unhappy working in tech? by johannes1234321 on Monday April 11, 2022 @05:55AM (#30986610)
> Daily standups shouldn't be necessary with a team constantly communicating.

I don't agree there. Constant communication is important for a good team, however in constant flow it often is being lost, what is important. Important things easily get lost between other noise.

Whether a daily is the right approach can be argued. Maybe a weekly is enough. However having a time where everybody listens and things can be brought to attention is useful in my experience.

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Re:How did I get so unhappy working in tech? by Juliate on Monday April 11, 2022 @06:37AM (#30986886)
He's not denying that (constant) communication isn't important.

But that, planned, too frequent, mandatory, with a prescriptive format, meetings (which dailies/weeklies are) is harmful.

I've been 21 years in this industry, the past 7 in Scrum/Agile infested companies/teams and I've never seen such a sterile and unproductive way of work.

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Re:How did I get so unhappy working in tech? by pwdisswordfish9 on Monday April 11, 2022 @07:26AM (#30987224)
> He's not denying that (constant) communication isn't important.

I also agree that it isn't as important as they make it out to be.

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