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Changing Your Organization (for Peons)

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Changing Your Organization (for Peons)

James Shore’s nineteen-week change diary is fascinating reading: It was 2002. The .com bust was in full slump and work was hard to find. I had started my own small business as an independent consultant at the worst possible time: the end of 2000, right as the bubble popped.

By Jeff Atwood ·
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Defeating Optimism

In Extreme Programming Explained, Kent Beck notes that optimism is an occupational hazard of programming. Excess optimism, in the guise of enthusiasm, is a serious pitfall for game developers in particular: Rein in enthusiasm? Now why would we ever want to do that? Isn’t keeping the team motivated one

By Jeff Atwood ·
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