Affording Agile (Emotionally)
A few ideas rattling around my head need a place to live while I think them through, so I am shoveling them into the ole blog so I can think about prepping materials and exercises for a class I am teaching soon. I was considering an archetype developer that we've all seen (heck, half of us have been ) and how hard it is to reach this particular type when doing any kind of a technology or methodology change. Here's the stream: There is this guy who believes he's an exceptional programmer, but underrated and under-respected by his peers. Why does he think he's good? Maybe he doesn't really believe it. maybe he's afraid. (@RonJeffries) A guy who never thinks or reads about programming off-hours, never goes to talks, hates pairing, skips reviews. Thinks himself an expert? b/c folks like that have a Darwinistic career advantage over peers who /are/ good but think they're mediocre/overpaid/overrated (@LancePurple). I suspect Dunning-Kruger Effect . Not go...