I really don’t like the word agile since everyone I ever met who had this in their job title was blowing up steam someones butt. Is that the job description or what is it with these agile types?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Agile used to refer to a very specific way of developing software, but then it got coopted by the mainstream where companies kept doing shit the same way they always had but calling it "agile". It's basically like when early Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

That’s a pretty cool comparison. Can you elaborate on that a bit? I have no idea what actually happened with christianity in ancient rome.

[–] legios@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, every single workplace I've worked at aside from one has been "iterative waterfall" - AKA waterfall with sprints.

Companies shouldn't be allowed to say they're "agile"....

[–] fidodo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Also helps to come out with a game so popular you can bank on it for the next decade