After doing estimates for the last 7 years, I can honestly say I've never once felt like they have done anything for me other than providing me with a sense of dread. They are misused, misinterpreted and a huge source of anxiety for my team.

I came here to say shower. So relaxing. Sometimes emptying your mind is the best way to find the right solution.

My boss bought us all a raspberry pi and said to do something fun with them. A week later he came back and started asking what projects people were doing that would help the organization. In our spare time... After work... Without pay...

So I took mine and promptly turned it into a retropie. Don't fuck with my feelings like that!

While nerds like us might be intellectually gifted, we sometimes also end up being social disasters and completely shortsighted once blessed with a modicum of power/control. Sprinkle in anonymity and enjoy being a complete sundried turd.

You don't? I say no all the time. It's my default setting.

@FitzSuperUser

Kind of. But it's important to understand that the earth does tend "recover" even though it might take millions and millions of years. So it will probably be fine regardless of what we do now. We just won't be around to see it. Like how dinosaurs aren't around right now.

So when people say "save the planet" it should probably be more like "save ourselves" lol.

@FitzSuperUser
I once took a philosophy course that posed essentially the same argument. One answer (the one I agreed with the most) was that the world will continue to exist without human beings in it. If we somehow cause the end of humanity, some other forms of life will likely continue to exist and maybe even thrive. The earth will still exist, but would simply be in another state.

We aren't essential to this planet. But it is essential to us. So at the point where we have nearly destroyed ourselves and presumably the planet too, then we have fucked up beyond repair and the planet must come first. At that point we probably aren't worth saving. Are we?

If I can't save the world without killing someone then I'm the wrong person for the job or the world can't actually be saved (aka. "is fucked").

The only thing I kill are bad websites.

Best rant in a while. The anger is palpable.

Slowly undermine them from within. But do it discretely. There is a good chance other people already hate them. Just bring them into the fold. Finally, mutiny as a group. There is much power in numbers. If you have a few years to waste on this it's pretty entertaining even if it doesn't go your way.

Or just forget about it and move on. Probably the more sane option...

Maybe time to troubleshoot for realsies?

Maybe it was influenced on some level by asp.net core which boasts a lot? Open source, cross platform, etcetera. Things you wouldn't normally attribute to Microsoft.
/shrug

Meet my friend 'functino', the funkiest cat in town.

Best rant of the day.

Use best tool for the job. And try not to suck. That's all there is to it.

You would have a better chance of escaping the gravitational pull of a black hole than escaping the friend zone. Science!

I'm in a meeting right now. Getting paid to devRant is best.

Because many PMs cannot be trusted with getting the correct requirements. Because at the end of the day making ideas become reality is not their problem. It's ours.

I do the vast majority of my Web Dev in C# using .NET because we are a MS shop at work. But in my spare time I've been learning Node/React for fun projects and find it a good challenge.

SharePoint is just the worst time. You can make something error proof and idiot proof but it will always let you down in the end somehow.

If you aren't swearing you probably aren't programming.

Be humble, sociable, stand up for yourself, and most importantly be nice to people. Programming has its quirks, but people are always a challenge!

You should use the right tools for the job you are doing. That's really all there is to it!

This hits waaaaaaaay too close to home.

Darude? Sorry, couldn't resist. :-)

I think it suits the purpose of the application very well. It's a perfect wtf face.

Been there before.

Boss: "We need to prioritize projects to get the most critical ones done first."

Me: "So which one should be first?"

Boss: "All of them! Just get it done!"

Me: "Yes sir! Activating magic wand now!"

It seems wrong but it's there for good reason. If you work in a place where your PO (or their boss lol) is out of control this allows the Scrum Master to say "no" to slipping in new stories during an active sprint. It's about longterm sanity for the entire team, avoiding burnout, etcetera. But it's not necessarily a steadfast rule depending where you work.

I would consider this a learning opportunity more than anything. Maybe next planning session you need to mention that they should stack in more stories for team members with certain skillsets to increase velocity. My 2 cents.

I would pretty much wear an adult onesie to work if I could. I'm convinced dress codes are created by people with no useful skills!

Sometimes on my way to work I think if I just gently crash my car into a tree I can miss a few days...