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   On Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:18:53 -0300, Wolfgang Agnes  wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   if academia were one big happy family always in agreement with everything,   
   then science cannot fail but to always improve everyone's lives and after-   
   life in passing from this earthly domain...so it's a win-win for everyone;   
   everyone should be agile and fit into the program...join the winning team!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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