Richard Lawrence

On making software teams happier and more productive

Tech work is messed up…and we can fix it

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Kathy Sierra tweeted: “The big Q: how much does the *perception* of working in tech need to change, and how much does the *reality* need to change?”

I’m focusing my career on the belief that tech work is *really* messed up and that it doesn’t have to be. If a team I coach gets more productive but doesn’t get happier, I haven’t done my job. The big win with agile/lean/TOC is that they align work with how humans actually function: limited attention span, need for community, continuous learning and limited ability to predict the future, need for frequent positive reinforncement.

Written by Richard

July 25th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

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  1. +1 to being human

    alex

    30 Jul 08 at 9:35 am

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