TECH BASICS
Agile / Scrum
A way tech teams plan work in short cycles instead of one long plan.
The simple version
Agile is a way of working where teams build software in small pieces and adjust as they learn, instead of planning everything up front. Scrum is the most common way teams put Agile into practice — work is organized into short, repeated cycles called sprints.
For example
A team might run two-week sprints: they pick a small set of tasks, work on them together, and end the sprint with a demo showing what they built. Then they plan the next sprint based on what they learned.
Go deeper
Scrum comes with its own vocabulary — a "backlog" is the full list of work waiting to be done, a "standup" is a quick daily check-in, and a "sprint review" is where the team shows what shipped. You don't need to memorize all of it, but you'll hear these words constantly in tech workplaces.
Why it matters
Almost every tech company organizes work this way, no matter the role. Knowing the basic rhythm — plan, build, demo, repeat — helps you understand how tech teams actually spend their days, not just what they build.