Here is my news! I am happy to tell you that since April 2021 I have been working at Alfa-Bank as a ScrumMaster. Do you know anything about this bank? If not, a short note about it: Alfa-Bank is the largest private bank in Russia, ranking fourth in terms of assets. It has about 800 branches and offices in more than 100 cities of Russia. Sounds great, really?

Well, in March, 2021 I was looking for a job and had interviews in various companies. There were about 12 interviews in total. These were interviews with Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and teams. The interviews were different. Some of them lasted for 2-3 hours. It was a difficult period, but during this time I gained a lot of experience how to pass interviews with success. If you need advice, tell me.

By the beginning of April I had several job offers. The choice was not easy, but I made it. And after 3 months I don’t regret at all.

At present I have three Scrum teams that are developing a definine product for the bank clients. I facilitate all Scrum events, conduct workshops, help Product Owmers prepare for planning and PBR, help solve blockers and problems in collaboration with other teams, and help teams solve their dependencies.

Together with other Scrum Masters, I participate in reconfiguring the Sprint Planning of the Stream in which I’m working. The goal of it is to make the whole process to be transparent for everyone, so that you can immediately highlight the dependencies between the teams and also for teams synchronization in the sprint goals and the goals for the next three months. I’m dealing with some other activities, I will keep you informed later.

I like the way I’m going. It opens so many inetersting possibilities. In the nearest future I will tell you more about my teams, activities and further steps in my career. Take care!