Scouts
vs
Kommandos
Motivation
Chris Brandsma – Marines Vs. Boy Scouts – 2012
Sławek Sobótka and his commandos
Unnamed manager who was my first contractor „boss”
(Boy) Scout
Always leave the campground cleaner than you found it
(IT) Scout
Always leave the code you're editing a little better than you found it
Work style
Always write tests – use TDD
Constant refactoring
Fully committed to code quality
Problem?
Problem?
Time effort
Size of (potential) change
You are „that guy” – new team member issue
Kommandos
Get in, get out, leave no trace behind
Drink rum
Fight dirty
Fuck the rules
Who Dares Wins
(IT) Kommandos
Dawaj
Dawaj
Deploy
Work style
Do your job
Fire and forget – you probably won't maintain this code!
If it ain't broke don't fix it (or make it better)
Problem?
Low quality
Fast grow of complexity
You are „that guy” – consultant „It's your problem now”
Sum up
Scout
Kommandos
Critical path code
Key product
Buggy mess & everyone hates you
PoC
Short task for guy from basement who don't own gun
Newbie – learn The Team
SPECNAZ
Destroying nuclear weapons is more important than the main mission objective