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I generally find airline miles to be near useless, in part because i'm not willing to play all the games around them (figuring out where to stay to get points, playing with credit cards to get points, etc). I did take a little time to inspect my points early this year, and found that i was actually flying Delta enough that a ticket might be acquired (one more trip east). So i'll actually be loyal to Delta as long as their flights continue to be sensible ones for my travel needs. United, however, keeps writing me with a message about how i am close to a travel reward (i just need to double the points i have). I don't know: that's not my definition of close. On the other hand, United seems to have a way i can spend the points for something other than airfare. I'm sending my Mom a FTD miniature rose plant with points, which is actually kind of cool.
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Training continues to go well: yesterday was a little more easy. I find interesting similarities between the training and Friends' practice: the role of a clerk is similar to that of a SCRUM master, there is a practice of queries. Coding principles like encapsulation might be similar to the testimonies. Quality might be the aspect of the Light visible from this perspective.
There are differences of course: no one comes to a Meeting with a prioritized list of things to work on that is not open for discussion, and time-boxing (setting a hard and fast fixed time in which something will occur) is, to some extent, anathema.
There are enough similarities that make me wonder what would happen with cross pollination. Our HR trainer talked about using SCRUM practices in another project she was working on, creating some new training tools. What in SCRUM practices could be moved to other projects, like relief work? Or political advocacy?
It's probably an exciting thought for me because i can imagine a transition away from software development into other areas with this as a technique.
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I've been thinking about job shifting. My current financial situation makes leaving the benefits the Whale provides very challenging, particularly in the next three to five years. But i could come up with a three year plan, and if part of that is taking SCRUM and translating it for different projects, working with the Friends community to help reshape it into a process that can be translated....
It's an interesting thought.
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Training continues to go well: yesterday was a little more easy. I find interesting similarities between the training and Friends' practice: the role of a clerk is similar to that of a SCRUM master, there is a practice of queries. Coding principles like encapsulation might be similar to the testimonies. Quality might be the aspect of the Light visible from this perspective.
There are differences of course: no one comes to a Meeting with a prioritized list of things to work on that is not open for discussion, and time-boxing (setting a hard and fast fixed time in which something will occur) is, to some extent, anathema.
There are enough similarities that make me wonder what would happen with cross pollination. Our HR trainer talked about using SCRUM practices in another project she was working on, creating some new training tools. What in SCRUM practices could be moved to other projects, like relief work? Or political advocacy?
It's probably an exciting thought for me because i can imagine a transition away from software development into other areas with this as a technique.
--==∞==--
I've been thinking about job shifting. My current financial situation makes leaving the benefits the Whale provides very challenging, particularly in the next three to five years. But i could come up with a three year plan, and if part of that is taking SCRUM and translating it for different projects, working with the Friends community to help reshape it into a process that can be translated....
It's an interesting thought.
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