Good agile vs Bad agile

Re:Good agile vs Bad agile by jrockway on Monday October 05, 2009 @09:59PM (#863319)

Oldie but goodie. One comment:

the kinds of programmers who buy extended warranties and self-help books and believe their bosses genuinely care about them as people, the kinds of programmers who attend conferences to make friends

One of these things is not like the others. I have made many, many friends at programming conferences. I am not sure why you wouldn't expect this to happen.

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Re:Good agile vs Bad agile by marcusestes on Monday October 05, 2009 @10:30PM (#863367)

"I'm not here to make friends." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w536Alnon24

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Re:Good agile vs Bad agile by jrockway on Monday October 05, 2009 @10:57PM (#863411)

Now I remember why I am ashamed to be American.

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Re:Good agile vs Bad agile by robotadam on Monday October 05, 2009 @10:15PM (#863342)

I agree with you, especially with regard to open source related conferences (I've made great friends at PyCon); but perhaps there's a difference at the more old-fashioned corporate conferences?

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Re:Good agile vs Bad agile by jpcx01 on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @04:40AM (#863763)

Yeah, I didn't understand that either. Maybe it's because I'm a weirdo, but the main reason I go to tech conferences is to make friends, who inevitably turn into business partners and clients.

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