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kschlabach
#230
Attended OnAgile 2017 the other week in order to pull new information into my company around product discovery. Holy Crap I immediately became excited by this group when I heard about it and dug further!
You see, I learned about agile in 2005 in one of the largest Scrum/XP implementations to date. Got my CSM, interacted with people who signed the manifesto, mentored by their immediate disciples, and charged off into the great future.
After a few years of global agile conferences, nights drinking with some great folks at those conferences, and eventually presenting once myselfā¦ I started to fade on the movement. Around 2010-2012, I felt like the conferences were on a rinse/repeat cycle and all the focus was on keeping new companies from declaring agile because they really werenāt. Certifications were running rampantā¦ InfoQ (my original community) had grown too big to keep up with, my blog started to stagnateā¦ I focused on my employer from that point on.
Here I sit, working on my 5th agile transformation, currently as an agile coachā¦ and I see Iāve missed the rising of a great community! (How did I not know about the āHeart of Agileā con in my hometown last year!!!) The conversations seem to range from newb to bleeding edge, and this excites me!
Soā¦ Iām going to make an effort to spend a little time engaging here and seeing if I can learn AND share. Thanks for having me!
bradstokes
#231
From one of the newbs, welcome! Iāve read your other posts and Iāll answer by saying, I know what you means. I remember when I first posted, I felt like I was home. This is a great place with interesting and diverse voices. I look forward to chatting.
andycleff
#232
@kschlabach Kevin - great that you stumbled across our campground here. Itās definitely a work in progress. We invite you to participate in many waysā¦
- Post ideas, questions, controversies, bad jokes, here on the coalition site.
- If you want to blog, we have http://www.agileuprising.com/blog/ and welcome your words.
- And if you have ideas for a podcast we record and publish every week http://podcast.agileuprising.com/
- Present at our FailCon2018ā¦ details forthcomingā¦
kschlabach
#233
@andycleff- Thanks for the warm welcome! My first step is to spend a pile of time catching up on the podcast and engaging here as best as I can. Once I feel comfortable, Iāll reconsider the blog/podcast contribution.
If anyone is aware of Philadelphia area events though, I seem to be out of the loop. Iād love to know about those.
andycleff
#234
Funny you should mention thatā¦ our origin story has Philly as the locationā¦ that and a bar.
Join us next week for a night of agile discussion?
Tue, November 14, 2017
6:30 PM ā 9:30 PM EST
kschlabach
#235
It looks like I can break free of the wife/kids for the eveningā¦ adding it to my calendar and will definitely try to be there!
mnirmaljeet
#236
Hi All. This is Nirmaljeet. I have been in the agile space since 2007 and enjoyed every bit of it working at multiple levels with many large organizations. Have been doing a lot of travel, writing blogs and speaking at some conferences as well. I am someone who gets pulled into anything around agile and product management. I am based in Dallas, TX.
Looking forward to a lot of awesomeness with some great minds at Agile Uprising.
andycleff
#237
Dallas you sayā¦
We have a verification test for them who say they are from Dallas 
Have you ever eaten here:
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Jonathan_Kresge
#238
Good morning/afternoon/evening all Iām Jonathan, playing a scrum master during an agile transition in Utah. I have spent quite a bit of time after starting this role reading, listening to podcasts, and trying to understand the space. Iām really excited to be here to learn, create, and grow with everyone here!
bradstokes
#239
I would love to quote Yoda at this point
Do or do not, there is no try
Iād say if you are trying to fulfill the role, you are doing and not playing. It is a challenging role.
I am also early in my journey. You have come to a great place to get support. Iāve asked all sorts of odd questions here starting with, āHow do Iā¦?ā, āWhat happens whenā¦?ā and āWhere can I findā¦?ā They have been answered by people with depth of experience and genuine understanding.
If you have a question, donāt be afraid to ask. There are literally books worth of information buried in these forums and people who give with a generosity of heart that humbles me.
Welcome to the coalition!
Rachel_G
#242
Hi, Andy! I kept hearing about it over time but most recently it was at Agile DCā¦ one of the presenters there was Colleen Johnson, and she mentioned it ā¦ and I thought wow, I really do need to look into this for real so here I am! So glad I finally did. 
andycleff
#243
Hey, AU CFO, send @Colleen her commission ($0.10) for a new member w attribution!!!
Great to have you here, @rachel_g - explore, post, rant, rave. Allās good!
bradstokes
#244
$0.10, nahā¦ Give @Colleen a raise. You guys still have pennies. Nothing less than $0.11. And welcome @Rachel_G
bradstokes
#246
1 and 2 cent coins about 25 years ago. The discussion atm is to get rid of 5c coins as well. It makes sense. When pennies with epoxy is cheaper flooring than wood or tiles, something is amiss.
dmurison
#247
Hi folks, Iām Donald from Edinburgh, currently looking after a team of business analysts, some of whom are neck deep in scrum teams and others whose projects have them firmly near the top of the waterfall.
Iām really enjoying the podcast series (especially the manifesto author series and the āUndercover Agileā episode), though I started feeling a bit guilty listening to the 1-Year Anniversary episode when the lack of activity on the Agile Uprising site was mentioned as a disappointment - oops, now attempting to be more active in the community!