Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

om...@python.org] On Behalf Of Bianca Gibson Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2016 6:14 PM To: Melbourne Python Users Group <melbourne-pug@python.org> Subject: Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile Hi Brian, I think they should be assessing your willingness to adopt agile and how much the values resonate with y

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Hi Brian, I think they should be assessing your willingness to adopt agile and how much the values resonate with you, not years of agile experience. From what I've seen whether the resume says 'agile experience' or not doesn't necessary tell us whether they get agile at all - some candidates have

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Hi David, On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:28 AM, David Nugent wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Just my 2c worth... > > Like yourself, I've worked in this industry a lot of years, and > personally found that the word "agile" is very overloaded. In fact, the > term itself is just a broad

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Hi Sunny, On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Sunny wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Brian May > wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> I recently had a job application rejected, for a Python Role, with the >> following explanation: >> >>"Although

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 5:53 PM, Brian May wrote: > Hello All, > > I recently had a job application rejected, for a Python Role, with the > following explanation: > >"Although we were impressed by your experience and passion for >technology (particularly

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Yeah as soon as some new methodology comes along an industry quickly grows up around it promoting "the right way" and often losing sight of the core meaning. Companies who are truly agile would have no insecurities hiring great technical talent with "no prior agile experience" as long as the

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Ben Finney writes: > So, the only “tip” there would be to obtain employment with some > organisation where the applicant *doesn't* need to have that prior > experience, and then gain the experience on that employer's time. Then, > you'll have the experience for the

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Hi Brian, On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Brian May wrote: > "Although we were impressed by your experience and passion for >technology (particularly Python/Django), we are looking for more >hands on experience working in an agile team

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Hi Brian, On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Brian May wrote: > "Although we were impressed by your experience and passion for >technology (particularly Python/Django), we are looking for more >hands on experience working in an agile team

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

Send me your resume or GitHub! Any developer worth their chops is going to slot into an agile workplace in a heartbeat. People over process, we are just looking for great devs! Your reflection sounds like a short sighted HR level decision, unless you were going for a team lead role where you'd be

Re: [melbourne-pug] Agile

The bloody irony of it is that agile was supossed to be about "people over process"... J On 31 January 2016 04:41:23 GMT+11:00, paul sorenson wrote: >Yeah as soon as some new methodology comes along an industry quickly >grows up around it promoting "the right way" and often