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> One of the biggest contributors to developer happiness and productivity over the last 20 years has been to escape this tyranny.

We've only replaced the tyranny of deadline crunch with the tyranny of daily micromanagement. You can't even wipe your own ass without so much as a Jira ticket and half a dozen people signing off on it.

And despite all of the rigmarole and rituals, you still have deadlines. Doesn't matter what the Jira board says. If some upper management dickweasel wants their feature, they will get it. Forget the story points and estimates.




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