How hard is it to learn Agile, as a developer?
I'm in the job market, and everyone wants to know if you have experience in an agile environment. I can't legitimately say yes, but I am pretty agile, I can juggle multiple balls in the air, I've done rapid development, and I've read the book on Agile. Hit the still makes it a little hard to pass muster from the recruiter and or the hiring manager. So how long would it take to come up to speed in a Agile environment that was run well? I don't mean to minimize the importance of agile, but it just seems as a developer, one could fit in pretty easily without having a certification or a whole lot of experience in it.
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dpearson, excellent as well, also right on the money, and confirmed my perspective.
>>2 people sitting at one computer together
- can't get my head around this . . . collaboration is good and necessary, but this is a bit much, imo.
>>You'll be fine,
- that's what I figured, but it's on a fair number of job postings, so you have to dance around this with the recruiters and the hiring managers.
>>2 people sitting at one computer together
- can't get my head around this . . . collaboration is good and necessary, but this is a bit much, imo.
>>You'll be fine,
- that's what I figured, but it's on a fair number of job postings, so you have to dance around this with the recruiters and the hiring managers.
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thanks, just what I was looking for.
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great, just what I was looking for.
but - with some aptitude for flexibility and familiarity with the practice, is it that difficult to jump in to an Agile environment and be effective (as a developer), with no prior direct experience ? It's in most of the job postings, and imo it's nothing that a good developer couldn't pick up quickly.