Gratitude
Adam B Kaplan
Things I am grateful for:
- My wife - she is still alive and fighting COVID-19.
- My kids - they have displayed astounding resilience isolating in our house for nearly two weeks. Especially my oldest son, who has also stepped in as my wife’s de facto nurse.
- My extended family - they can’t be with me for a while, but have shown their undying love over the phone and video chats.
- My team mates and higher-ups at Red Hat. This is twofold:
- When my team declared, “We can’t promise anything this sprint,” the response was +1.
Yesterday my team declared our current sprint (we use the Scrum methodology) a "no commitments" sprint.
— Adam Kaplan 🚌 🐘 (@AdamBKaplan) January 8, 2021
We did this because for multiple, independent reasons my team's world is on 🔥. 1/ - When my PTO turned into a leave of absence, the People Team at Red Hat ensured that my family and I were taken care of.
- When my team declared, “We can’t promise anything this sprint,” the response was +1.
- My friends - keeping my spirits up with crude jokes, good memories, and NY bagels.
- Pineapple on pizza. At the deepest point of my panic and despair, seeing a die-hard, Italian New Yorker eat pineapple on pizza may have saved my life.
Update: The original tweet was deleted, replaced with the YouTube link.