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In my early 30s, self-taught Python dev, got my first tech job 3.5 years ago. I'm still at the same company. While the pay is reasonably good, there are some things that I find alarming. Not being from a tech school or having a network of friends in tech, I really want to know if these things are normal/common.**10 people in a single scrum team w/ 2 week sprints.**To me, this feels like too many people for the scrum to work. We have to keep our meetings (standups, reviews, etc) superficial because otherwise they'd be endless. And that defeats the point of these meetings, in my view.**Meaningless job titles**Our team includes engineers, analysts, developers, and data scientists. We are all paid and evaluated according to our role, \*but\* we all do the same work. This feels bizarre and unfair to me. It adds to the confusion because it's not clear who is responsible for what.**Sprint plan is never fixed**Every sprint, the plan for the sprint will change 2-3 times during the sprint. Our users are internal - and so the PO might have a meeting with them 2 days into the sprint and reorganise the tickets. Why even bother with a scrum system at this point?I've voiced these concerns to mgmt. as politely and clearly as I can - they are unconcerned. I feel like we're LARPing a scrum team because a consultant told us to do scrum. The result is a frustrating, chaotic, and ambiguous work environment. My current plan is to upskill while working here and find a better company soon. Curious to hear what you all think!
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