The latest articles on DEV Community by JayCruz (@jaycruz). https://dev.to/jaycruz https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F113269%2Fc716f958-ea7e-40ea-b807-5494440201a3.jpg https://dev.to/jaycruz en JayCruz Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:41:16 +0000 https://dev.to/jaycruz/working-in-teams-2jco https://dev.to/jaycruz/working-in-teams-2jco <p>Hi Dev's</p> <p>I'm currently going through a Coding Bootcamp. So far it's been awesome. I've been knocking my <a href="https://github.com/yarocruz">project assignments</a> out of the park. It's been going smoothly. I'm keeping up with the pace. We're currently doing Group Projects. But this is where things have started getting a bit awkward for me. The instructor and TA's gave us some guidance of course. There was a mini lecture about the Agile Methodology, Kanban, using Github Projects and all that team workflow stuff. We are in groups of three or four. I'm in a group of four.</p> <p>Here's the thing, I'm pretty bad in social group situations. Particularly large groups and by large groups I mean more than me and another person. I have an introverted personality and in groups I always follow and never try to lead because that feels impolite to me. I also have a hard time being comfortable with following scattered conversations in like say group party stuff. In work environments I do a little better, but that's because we have management guiding us and I can focus on doing something.</p> <p>Our group is not using Agile or Kanban at all. We're not even trying. The idea for the app we're building is good but our execution on how to build it has been half assed. One of the team members is focused on animating buttons. Another is looking for an API to use. I haven't really done anything other than starting a repo, inviting collaborators, and adding rules to review branches before merging. It's been 3 days of just me sitting down in front my laptop fiddling around with nothing in particular, listening to these kids talk about gaming. Nothing against gaming. I just wanna get stuff done. </p> <p>Anywho, just wanted to get this out there and see if you guys can give me some feedback, advice, point me to some articles, resources, blog posts, etc. Anything about working in teams.</p> <p>How has your experience working with teams been? How is out there in the real world? What should I expect? Will I look back at this part of the Bootcamp experience and smile? </p> discuss