Conquering The Cubicle Syndrome Analysis

“Three Months, Three Pages” Bailie – It’s the third month on the job, and Bailie is having trouble learning new concepts, running software, and connecting with engineers. However, she begins to make friends as they begin to understand her. Bailie identifies a significant problem within the code, and while she worries about scheduling until… the company is bought out. Bailie ends up only writing three pages in three months, hence the title.
“Conquering the Cubicle Syndrome” Hart – Despite never having worked in a cubicle, he considers his experience in a tiny room with a large window near a busy hallway dubbed “the aquarium” similar. This allows him to label the “cubicle syndrome,” a mindset of where someone is trapped within a mental and sometimes physical box and avoid contact with new people and new ideas. Despite having an office at his new workplace, Hart recognizes he is avoiding leaving his office and interacting with the authors and subject matter experts (SME) when he and Jean, a SME, take a little to get on the same page and surpass some language issues.
“Try and Try Again: The Story of a Software Project” Bloom – Bloom begins a new project on a program called HomePage 2.0 in the early alpha stages. He learns the leadership and about his fellow
However, it takes until the fourth week to finally get the first draft finished. The next draft, Tymes hastens everyone with the power of tasty pastries (in other words, bribery), and the project is now on schedule. But, of course, that means the project immediately has a few hitches, including a fairly large scale redesign of various areas of the program, and one of the key developers coming down with the flu. Ultimately, the team is able to submit the file and celebrate… only to find that a “minor update” to be released in two