Jaycie@thirdtruck·Aug 31, 2016@vgr I could use a sanity check on this tweet storm, especially if you see a 2x2 lurking in it. Thanks.Quote TweetJaycie@thirdtruck·Aug 31, 20161/Hypothesis: Software development can be better understood if we start by tossing all the manufacturing metaphors out the window.21
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 31, 2016Replying to @thirdtruckboth of us could be wrong of course, but I think it's robust. But I wouldn't toss manufacturing args, I'd in fact double down1
Jaycie@thirdtruck·Aug 31, 2016Replying to @vgrAgreed. Need to jettison them initially because of Taylorist and other cruft before the idea of a new level of mgmt. can be considered.2
Jaycie@thirdtruck·Aug 31, 2016Replying to @thirdtruck.@vgr That "new managers" idea embodies why software methodologies can only paper over the unacknowledged power dynamic issue, doesn't it?1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @thirdtrucknot really, Taylorism in original form is crap, but late stage has good elements that help a lot2:44 AM · Aug 31, 2016
Jaycie@thirdtruck·Aug 31, 2016Replying to @vgrSome of the Scrum micromanagement I've experienced first hand felt like an earnest attempt to return to that. 15 min. work increments.
R_Ganesh@r_ganesh·Aug 31, 2016Replying to @vgr and @thirdtruckTaylor to me seems like a pioneer of algorithmic thinking to physical tasks with autistic tendencies and...2
Jaycie@thirdtruck·Aug 31, 2016Replying to @r_ganesh and @vgrSounds like Taylor would have made an excellent low-level programmer.1