JumpyTaco

How many places do you have to give status update to track a single coding/testing task?

I will go first: 5

Jira
Google Sheet
Google doc
Slack: 2/3 groups
Daily standups

Does PM think this is judicious use of a software engineers time? Why can't you seriously just open the jira and read the timeline and due date?

25mo ago

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ZestyMuffin

OPEN Financial25mo

Lool. Is your PM also a 26 year old with an MBA degree with no real life work experience, never written a line of code but is in charge of managing your time and is grossly overpaid?

JumpyTaco

Stealth25mo

The manager is great but he doesn’t have time and engineering managers and leads are just busy rimming each other and fucking rest.

GoofyDonut

Stealth25mo

Amen brother, this new grad pm generation is difficult to deal with

FluffyBurrito

Zoho25mo

You should be asking that to your PM.

JumpyTaco

Stealth25mo

You don’t send a puppy to clean its own mess

GroovyMarshmallow

Stealth25mo

Notion and it’s done

JumpyTaco

Stealth25mo

Works in startups, but yes that is one of the best ways to code fast

FluffyNugget

Plivo25mo

Quite accurate. Too much process and little real work

GigglyBiscuit

Zomato25mo

Pretty sure you're part of a small & miserable minority that way, OP
I don't think all coding tasks require updates at 5 places

SleepyNugget

Amazon25mo

LOL

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