From: wagnes@jemoni.to   
      
   Marco Moock  writes:   
      
   > On 09.11.2024 um 09:50 Uhr Wolfgang Agnes wrote:   
   >   
   >> Marco Moock  writes:   
   >>   
   >> > On 09.11.2024 um 09:13 Uhr Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >>  "The Mozilla Foundation is reorganizing teams to increase agility   
   >> >>  and impact as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and   
   >> >>  equitable technical future for us all.   
   >> >   
   >> > Maybe they should drop all the agile stuff.   
   >>   
   >> Lol---you are a non-believer!  What's wrong with the agile stuff?   
   >   
   > It is mostly management BS and buzzwords, I haven't seen a real outcome   
   > of such ideas yet.   
      
   Same here.  I view the situation as a major sign of failure.  It seems   
   the whole world is on the same boat, though.  I don't know of any   
   company that has not bought into all this nonsense---they may exist (and   
   I hope they do), but surely I don't know the routine of every company   
   out there.  ``Software engineering'' in the universities are also going   
   in the same direction.  In fact, one thing I observe in the universities   
   is that the academics in ``software engineering'' are actually the   
   manager-types who are not (at the same time) programmers, which is a   
   terrible sign.  I hope I'm not offending anyone, but it's really how I   
   think.   
      
   If something is very difficult and people find it hard to accept that it   
   is difficult, then they make these programs of management and education   
   thinking that they can make progress little by little.  It's a certain   
   Religion of Progress or something like that.   
      
   But not everything can be made right---little by little---simply because   
   one wants it.  To advance things, sometimes you really need to have the   
   right insight.  There are hard things to do in this life.   
      
   We also live a certain overconfidence in science.  There are very few   
   scientists doing relevant work, but there's a widespread belief that   
   science (and technology) will always solve everything---it's always just   
   a matter of time; someone will figure it out.  Ask people and you will   
   see---almost nobody understands anything about quantum computing or   
   artificial intelligence, but nearly everyone thinks that it's a matter   
   of a short time and all the quantum computing will be here for the next   
   revolution.  And I need say nothing about artificial intelligence   
   because everyone is well-aware about the all the hype.   
      
   On the other hand, though, I totally understand the fears: academics are   
   fearful of not having anything to say and managers either invent   
   something whatever or they have a nervous breakdown out of fear of   
   losing their jobs.  And some really do.  They have a deep sense of   
   incapacity: it seems they never find a way to put their lives to good   
   use.  It's a very sorry situation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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