[FpUser]

>"Agile methods, without the cult and hype..." - Do not exist in practice. And I am not producing cars. Rather what I do is a form of art.

[givemeethekeys]

Expectations get in the way of agility.

What execs really mean by "we're agile" is, "We'll be changing our mind a lot, and you'll be agile enough to suck it up and get it done quickly."

[immibis]

As long as they're paying you by the hour, that should be fine.

[baxtr]

And of course I’m super important and always right, never humble.

And at the same time very quick to criticize management because they’re so dumb.

[psunavy03]

> Rather what I do is a form of art.

Found the pretentious CS undergrad/junior dev. Sure, there's an element of creativity and craftsmanship in software development, but come on already.

[FpUser]

You've found "the pretentious CS undergrad/junior dev" and I've found somebody who has no fucking clue what they're talking about. So we are even.

I design and implement software products from scratch for various clients. Some I own and it brings me some extra money. Been doing it since 80s. Products range - various middleware, enterprise backends, desktop multimedia applications, deep sea scanning, firmware for microcontrollers, device control and real time data processing etc. etc.

[late2part]

From scratch? Assembly scratch or transistor scratch?

Do you sell your art by the inch or the hour?