Five for Friday – November 8, 2024

This. Week. Sucked. Here are your five things worth reading (if you want).

  • I’ve pointed to this site before, but worth re-mentioning What The Fuck Just Happened Today is a great recap of, well, what the fuck just happened today.
  • I enjoyed this post from Laura Tacho on Dumb Leadership Mistakes I Made. Admittedly, I’ve made one or two (or more) of these myself.
  • I thought this was an interesting take on Why DX Doesn’t Matter. It hits some good points, but not all of the points of DX.
  • On the last AB Testing Podcast, Brent and I discussed performance reviews a bit, so it’s no secret that I also enjoyed this article on Performance Reviews Considered Harmful.
  • Lastly, I continue to be blown away by people who try agile (or scrum), and fail because they don’t know what the hell they’re doing. I think this article on Scrum Doesn’t Have to Suck would be a help for some of the folks who have bastardized Scrum.

It’s Friday, and those are five things. That should be good for this week.

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