You know what they say, I mean, about
Senior Software Engineers?
Well, it's all true
Hey, see you on Friday?
Sure thing!
Oh no.. no no no no no, this can't be happening, not again...
Why? Why me? What have I done to deserve this?
What am I gonna do now? I'm so screwed!
Step aside and leave this to the pros!
Done.
It was unbelievable! Wow!
What are you talking about? - This guy...
..a master.
I remember it more like you were getting stuck.
May I?
- Sure...
There you go.
Oh yeah? Well...
everyone knows that you are the ONLY one that can touch the old code
No one dares to touch that scary mess...
Don't go there...
Oh god! It's the old code again!
We're so doomed if he doesn't come...
Mind: blown. I mean, a-ma-zing.
Seriously now, seriously? -Pheew!
This is not how it went.
As I remember it,
you were just getting lost in the old code...
Hey, see you on Friday? - Yeah, yeah, whatever
How come none of this old code makes sense to me!?
Let me see.
There, remove that.
Yes. Good.
That bit there. Also trash it.
Hmph. See, wasn't that hard now was it.
What did you just do? - I'd love to say
magic, moon dust and unicorns.
I guess I've been here just long enough
so that all this old stuff seems normal to me.
And that other time when you... - I've had enough of this.
The truth is that only these old guys know how to touch the old code.
But if we wouldn't make them believe they're awesome
they wouldn't touch it either.
Dinosaur...
Well, as a Product Owner,
I do understand the business needs,
the commercial outlook,
and the market situation.
I also need to write specifications,
which I love. It's a lot of fun.
No. It is not.
Hey, how's the spec coming?
Yeah, we can't really do anything without it
Hey, see you on Friday?
Ah, yeah. See ya!
But wait, didn't the sprint start two days ago?
Even the Senior guy back there is just rolling thumbs and waiting.
Just saying.
All right all right!
I've been working all night and day on this!
It will be done, and ready, I promise.
Ok, I might not love spec writing,
but at least I am good at it, oh yeah.
All right guys! Here it is. 'The'...'spec'.
I know I know, it took some time to do it,
but good stuff is worth waiting for, right?
It's thorough, it's complete, it has pictures, diagrams,
explanations, you name it.
I am, as a matter of fact,
quite proud of it!
I'm telling you guys, it practically implements itself.
I mean, she's amazing.
Yeah! Totally. She's... great.
And she works so hard.
She sure does...
She doesn't make any sense. Does she?
Here it is. I guess you get what you ask for.
Should we tell her?
- I don't think so, I mean
are we going to get anything better anyway?
You know she'll just do it again. And again, right?
Yeah, let's just do what we wanted to do anyway.
I think it's exactly what she wanted
Hey yo! This is great! We'll get it done in no time.
I'm not still sure what went wrong.
The specification was clear.
What "I" wanted was clear.
Those guys are just impossible to please!
Well?
Well what?
The... feature, you were asking for?
Listen, I'm a busy woman. What about it?
It's... right here, in front of you.
If this is a joke it ain't funny.
I did write a spec, didn't I?
You did read it, didn't you?
It was a good spec, wasn't it?
Sam!
SAM!
Have you ever heard the saying, from the Rangers,
"no man's left behind?"
Have you EVER heard it from a developer?
Yeah. I didn't think so.
This I was expecting.
This is nonsense. And this...
You seriously didn't read the spec, did you?
In my defense, we did try.
Sorry to say, but they don't make much sense.
All right, so what do we do next?
Well, let's get this done before we meet on Friday.
Okay, it turns out it wasn't that hard.
Ok, she's not that great at writing the specifications,
but she knows what she wants.
Yeah, so we just needed to talk to each other.
That's it. - That's it.
Is that it?
Not by a long shot.
Well, the first spec, it wasn't so clear.
I know, I know... and I apologize for that.
No worries. We did figure it out, didn't we?
It was so nice of you to help me to write a new one.
Don't mention it.
Was it so that you're on holidays next week?
Yeah... but we got it all documented.
I totally trust those guys.
Well, then I'm happy.
You should.
And you are sure that we can do it in a week?
Please. I am a developer, I know how to estimate.
Great! The big boss will be happy since we promised this to the customer!
[I HAVE NO IDEA]
Well, I am a technical writer. - She's very good at this.
So, we take care of the end user documentation
and handle translations. - Which is crucial.
And we need input from several people, different groups of people
localization, developers, business ...
My job is to get information from different sources.
And get the answers!
Too late, damn it.
Well, the answers never come in time anyways.
Do YOU want to tell the story?
Dear?
Fine.
What we really needed was this project to be finished by yesterday...
Hi, how are you doing today?
I'm fine thank... - Fantastic. So about this...
Hey, see you on Friday?
Yeah yeah.
So is this done? Is this ready? I mean, it should be ready.
Why isn't it ready? Are you waiting for someone? Because if you're waiting
for someone, I can go and I can kick their asses...
Remember, breathe.
Inhale.
Exhale.
It's one of the developers, isn't it?
I'm sure Hans will get the information once he nicely asks for it.
Damn you developers... Damn you!
Did you hear something?
Not sure...
I'm never quite sure what the documentation
people want, to be honest.
It's not like we don't try.
We have all types of documentation ready for them.
Anyway, for translation they
could just use Google Translate, right?
I think I might need some help with this.
Oh, no! not again.
We're going to hear about this, aren't we?
Do you think...? - Yes. What.
Is he? - Aha.
do you think...
he's being helpful?
Of course! Always available,
always asking the correct questions.
I think I might need some help with this.
And get some answers, damn it!!
I think I might need some help with this.
So we got this action point on a feature translation.
Anyway. It's important that we do this.
The point is to share our ways of working.
Understanding is key for collaboration.
Can't you just use Google translate?
- Hi guys.
Hi-hello.
So the feature is ready, but we're kind of in a hurry.
We need it translated.
As in, by tomorrow?
No!
It. Can't. Be. Done!
Can't you just use Google Translate?
Guys?
Get ready!
Go!
Go! Go! Go!
Don't -
use -
Google translate.
Got it.
Here in Finland we have this
perjantai pulla tradition.
which means Friday bun.
Everyone takes their cup of coffee,
gets together and then we enjoy our nice pullas.
Right now I'm on a diet.
A strict one.
Except on Fridays.
On Fridays, I eat my pulla.
Nothing. I mean,
NOTHING gets in my way.
Weeks are long. Specifications are long.
Waiting for things to get done takes long.
Dealing with developers takes long.
The one thing,
the single one thing that
makes it all OK is the Friday bun.
IF I get one.
I have had back to back meetings
since nine o'clock this morning.
No breaks.
No lunch.
No nothing.
I. Need. My. Sugar!
Honestly.
I don't get what all the fuzz is about.
They get SO worked up.
I just REALLY like Fridays!
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