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@alan @mike @gsuberland I am currently working in a 24/7 high tech production environment. That often leads to panic fire fighter mode reactions where I can shine. That compensates a lot of boring tasks. 3 comments
 @williampietri @Dr_Obvious @mike @gsuberland Yeah unrealistic launch dates aren't fun, but if they reached out to me at least there was funding. The ones that I liked the most were "national ad campaign launches in a week and we just discovered one of our vendors lied and is nowhere near ready." Okay, pay my retainer and agree to my rate and let's go!  @alan @Dr_Obvious For sure! If they're paying emergency rates, that makes it easier. And if people still enjoy the rush, more power to them. But I think I burned out on that. https://youtu.be/aKV7v2Oh71U |
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@Dr_Obvious @alan @mike @gsuberland I really relate to this, but find that over the years I've mostly lost my taste for firefighting because 99% of the fires were totally unnecessary.
Actual emergency? Yes, great! Let's save the day! Fake emergency because some exec put all the shiny things in a fantasy feature list and then insisted on a launch date that was never achievable? GTFOOH.
So now I mostly do release-early, release-often approaches, which fits my desire for fast feedback and things always happening, and also drive a lot of organizational sanity.
@Dr_Obvious @alan @mike @gsuberland I really relate to this, but find that over the years I've mostly lost my taste for firefighting because 99% of the fires were totally unnecessary.
Actual emergency? Yes, great! Let's save the day! Fake emergency because some exec put all the shiny things in a fantasy feature list and then insisted on a launch date that was never achievable? GTFOOH.