Scrum is like low-management, similar to low-code.

With low-code, we say our programmers are not very good. So the less they program, the better. With low-management, we say that our managers are not capable of managing people, so the less they manage, the better.

Low-management is desirable.
Low-code is not.

@retoor google it. But a word of warning: It can get disgusting and make you want to puke.

then why is scrum me seeing the manager so frequently

can't even do that right

@retoor this shit has been a huge hype a few years ago. Every idiot in a big dev company who isn‘t a dev himself has been prophesizing
that a few years into the future everything will be low code.

@retoor Yeah it's called Math Lit

scrum is scum

@tosensei classic scrum has one purpose and one purpose only: to eliminate underperforming workers and replace them with new ones who perform better. This completely dehumanizes workers. No wonder scrum originated from Japan — the country with the most toxic office work culture on earth, where people work 80 hours a week and often commit suicide due to overworking.

Every “scrum” variant that is not classic scrum has all the harm and none the benefits.

Scrum is “perfect” in organizing, say, vehicle manufacturing plants, where blue collar workers are interchangeable and replaceable, pool of job applicants is infinitely large, and personal touches don't matter.

Applying classic scrum to IT teams, especially to startups, can be disastrous.

@tosensei what you’re doing probably works, but it isn’t scrum. And that’s a good thing!

I still don’t understand the purpose of management in software engineering.

@retoor they actually make it way more complicated.

@tosensei I studied scrum in the uni. I don’t have to convince you
It’s enough that you’ve read my message, and you’ll remember what I said

What I hate about scrum is the way it is forced upon me, without me having any say in it. My manager is still convinced that the 'daily standup' is good for me, that it's something I need in order to properly do my work. But if I need something from someone, I will go to that person immediately. I don't need a 'standup' for that.

Scrum encourages managers to manage the work, instead of managing people. And most IT managers really like this, as dealing with tickets is much easier than dealing with people. I think 95% of all IT managers (or managers in general) are just bad at managing people, which is kinda sad as this is basically their primary job.