> how often in your day-to-day are you put on blast, being critically watched and scrutinized while having to give birth to an elegant solution to some stupid random question? How often does this solve-immediately-or-GTFO happens at work?
Well, honestly, once to several times a week during backlog grooming, meetings with stakeholders and other similar stuff. I find it much easier to work with people with fast recall who can be confident and correct even under time pressure. Nobody wants to sit through many time-consuming meetings that end with “we will check that and get back to you later”.
There is a succinct chess joke that summarises what being an expert means: a journalist asked Casablanca how many moves he thinks ahead. He replied, only one, but it is always the best one.
Well, honestly, once to several times a week during backlog grooming, meetings with stakeholders and other similar stuff. I find it much easier to work with people with fast recall who can be confident and correct even under time pressure. Nobody wants to sit through many time-consuming meetings that end with “we will check that and get back to you later”.
There is a succinct chess joke that summarises what being an expert means: a journalist asked Casablanca how many moves he thinks ahead. He replied, only one, but it is always the best one.