Improve Communication (By Stalking Your Dev Team)

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Agile Programming Devops

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Improve Communication (By Stalking Your Dev Team)

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The AUDACITY of project managers thinking that physically hovering over developers will magically fix communication issues! Look at this PM in their fancy outfit, invading the sacred coding space like they're about to ask "is it done yet?" for the 47TH TIME TODAY. Developers frantically trying to focus while their PM breathes down their neck is the corporate equivalent of having someone watch you type your password. PURE TORTURE! Nothing says "I don't trust your time estimates" quite like setting up camp right next to the people who just want to be left alone with their code and existential dread. The closer the PM sits, the further the deadline slips - it's basically a law of physics at this point!

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