Edge Cases 40: Heroic Measures

Andrew Pontious talks with Wolf Rentzsch about how software developers often have to go “above and beyond” as part of their work.

Links:

• #459: Do I have to destroy my health to be in grad school? « CaptainAwkward.com
• Capability Maturity Model « Wikipedia
• Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiency, by Tom DeMarco « Amazon.com

Rejected Episode Titles:

• I Would Call That a General Glow
• This is Derailing Rather Rapidly
• It Captures the Beginner’s Mind
• Chocolate Frosted Ego Batter
• I Have a Cape and Everything
• “Realistic” Is in Air Quotes
• I’m Totally Butchering Agile
• We’ll Just Throw More Bodies at It
• Kind of a Squishy Definition
• Anything You Do That Isn’t Sustainable
• I’m Not a Lawyer
• Anxiety Is a Good Harbinger
• I’m Going to Upgrade Myself
• Your Definition of Heroism Falls a Bit Short
• How Much You Neglect the Other Parts of Your Life
• A “Corporate Stooge” as Dan Benjamin Would Call It
• That Sounds Horrifying
• The Way a Lot of People Do It, the Way Your Friends Do It
• The Air They Breathe
• Now You’re in Charge, Go Make This Work
• Almost Kind of an Anti-Heroic Measure
• You Need Heroic Management
• Treated Like Kings
• I Mean, They’re in California, Right?
• Outside the Apple Vernacular
• Come in or You’re Fired
• There Were Sprints, Is What I’m Saying
• Don’t Get Stuck There
• Not Zero-Based