If you love #ExtremeProgramming and you see a rare opportunity to be hired specifically for that, you might jump at the chance. I do. I did.

Maybe in your case it’ll be what it sounds like. I hope so. But beware. https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1757721641.814818

If the only code you’re ever satisfied with is your own, you’re not qualified for #TechnicalLeadership. Especially if you’re sure you are.

If the only bits of #ExtremeProgramming you’ve mastered are the technical ones, you’re not an XP expert. Especially if you’re sure you are.

If you think #ExtremeProgramming coaches have to “know the most” or “be the most technical”, you might not understand coaching, influence, or your own technique-acquisition process.

If you’re still sure of your understanding, regardless of cost to you and others… clownshoes.

If you repeatedly fail to perceive or appreciate what reputable #ExtremeProgramming coaches are accomplishing in your org, maybe you’re a great leader who doesn’t know yet what specifically to look for.

If you do this while claiming to be an #XP expert, that’s clownshoes.

“We learned a ton, we got lots done, our team dynamics were awesome, and I’ve never felt this kind of team feeling before.”

Leaders are not obligated to value such feedback.

But if they don’t, they oughtn’t claim to value #ExtremeProgramming. They value something incompatible.

If stakeholders have to wait many months to benefit at all from your project, you have much more to learn about #ExtremeProgramming.

If influential developers of the highest caliber keep not meeting your expectations, you have much more to learn about #EngineeringLeadership.

PSA for #ExtremeProgramming devotees:

Not all “XP” jobs, authors, experts, or leaders are what they claim. Before applying, ask around your network.

Code by a computer will often, compared to a human’s, appear

- Less principled, coherent, systemic

- More expedient, forgetful, surprising

In short: even riskier.

If there were such a thing as expertise in managing software risks, you’d want that, right?!

#ExtremeProgramming

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