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How do I break my scrum/project manager friend? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 5 days ago by wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I'm meeting up in a few weeks with a close friend I haven't seen in around a decade, who went hard into scrum and project management in the intervening years.

How can I cause the most psychological damage and work flashbacks in a single sentence?

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[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pretty presumptuous to assume this is in any way toxic or mean.

I just wanted to tease him about his job, like when other friends ask me about my work week as a systems admin/engineer and then follow it up by making up absurd reasons for people to request admin rights.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Build up your friend, do not tear him down.

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You would not do well in trades. We rib each other all the time, we love it, and everyone knows each other's boundaries, there's certain lines you don't cross

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Some of you love it. It's also famously toxic and pushed people out and away. "Nobody wants to work in the trades". I have a theory...

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Forgive me if I don't quite believe someone who hasn't lived that life

I can very easily say "nobody wants a desk job"

That opinions kind of hollow since i haven't had a desk job. I know what I wouldn't want to have, it doesn't allow me to make blanket statements though.