What I really think about “ian rice” after trying it
Alright, people keep asking about “ian rice.” Is it the real deal? Does it actually work?
Lemme tell ya, it’s a whole lot of noise, if you ask me. Just another one of those things.
I got sucked in, you know? All the talk, the “game-changer” articles. So, I thought, “Fine, I’ll try this ‘ian rice’ thing.”
Started with one of my own projects. Nothing too big, just wanted to see if it was all it was cracked up to be.
They said it was simple. Simple! That’s a laugh.
Getting “ian rice” set up was anything but simple. Felt like I needed a PhD in “ian rice-ology” just to get started. More time fiddling with the damn system than actually doing any real work.
My project? It just sat there, collecting dust, while I was trying to follow all the “ian rice” rules. What a waste of time. It was supposed to make things faster.
Then I figured, “Okay, maybe it’s a team thing. Maybe it needs more people to make sense.”
So, I tried to get a small team I was working with to use bits of it for a new feature. You know what happened? Chaos. That’s what happened.
Half the team was lost, the other half thought I was nuts. We had more meetings about “ian rice” than actual development meetings. Productivity just tanked. We were spinning our wheels, talking about “ricing” things instead of building them. Total mess.
This whole “ian rice” debacle reminds me of this one time, a few years back. I was up for this pretty sweet promotion at a place I used to work. Big step up.
Around the same time, some new hotshot manager came in, fresh from some conference, all hyped up about this “revolutionary” new workflow system. Sounded a lot like “ian rice,” full of buzzwords and empty promises.
He insisted everyone adopt it. Immediately. We were all struggling, trying to make sense of it, trying to fit our work into this stupid new box.
My numbers dipped that quarter, not because I wasn’t working, but because I was fighting this system. Guess who didn’t get the promotion? Yeah. Me.
They said my “adaptation to new methodologies was slow.” Slow? I was drowning in their crappy methodology!
That whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Taught me a lot about these fads. “Ian rice,” or whatever the next one is called, they’re usually just old ideas with a new coat of paint, sold by someone who’s never actually done the real work.
They promise you the moon, but all you get is more headaches.
So, my final word on “ian rice”? Forget about it. It’s probably already yesterday’s news for most, though I still see some poor souls trying to make it work. Bless their hearts.
I’m sticking to what works, what’s proven. No more chasing shiny objects. Just good old-fashioned getting things done. You’re better off just focusing on the actual work, not the fancy ways to talk about the work.
