[snip] there certainly seems to me to be something about
> programming and system administration (which require overlapping but not
> identical skill sets) that seems to attract people who are generally
> *less* socially inclined.[snip]
This is true. The same can be said for generic 'engineers' a
> One of the things I love about the agile group I'm on the board of
> (http://www.agilebazaar.org (soon to be http://www.agilenewengland.org))
> is that we are officially flavor-agnostic, and feel that different
> environments require different solutions. So I don't feel "Thou Shalt
> Pair Progr
On 01/13/2011 09:30 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
> A large percentage of the old timers in our industry show some symptoms
> of Asperger's, I'm one of them, but think RMS if you like. I'm not
> saying we *have* Asperger's, I'm just saying that many of us have some
> degree of social ineptitude. I wo
On Jan 13, 2011, at 9:30 AM, Mark Woodward wrote:
>
> So, what do you do guys think?
I think that there is much truth in that. I myself am uncomfortable in company
sponsored social gatherings. Always have been. It's not autism spectrum. It
just... well, it is. I do like having others avail
I went on an interview at FluidNet, and while I was very impressed with
what they are doing, and I liked the VP, I had to bow out of the process
because they had one big team room and practiced pair programming. I
just got out of a miserable experience with a !Agile process with team
rooms. I k
