• DeaDPooL (unregistered) in reply to Hasteur

    Bad management handing out impossible deadlines is not a WTF, it is a global standard!

  • Scott (unregistered) in reply to Mark Bowytz
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

  • trtrwtf (unregistered) in reply to Scott
    Scott:

    I have been accused of being dead myself

    Turns out it was just your personality?

  • Scott (unregistered) in reply to trtrwtf
    trtrwtf:
    Scott:

    I have been accused of being dead myself

    Turns out it was just your personality?

    Nope, I have a great personality and sense of humor. But it's something you shouldn't joke about. It's my opinion anyways, and guess what, I can express it if I want. Doesn't mean all you going to listen.

    Reminds me why I never read the comments on this site, just a waste of time. Only reason I read into the comments was wonder why it was taking so long to get another article.

    Anyways.. have fun with your really cool jokes about death and how funny it is.

  • Gary D (unregistered)

    The real WTF is no updates.

    The real WTF is also WTF am I supposed to do at work instead.

  • ~~ (unregistered) in reply to fritters
    "I really need it done in 3 weeks", boss says. "We have a big customer interested in buying product Y. They're coming to visit and having this new feature will really WOW them." ... When I come back, I ask how the demo went. Was the customer wowed? And of course you guys can all guess the answer: "Err, well, we didn't really have time to show them."
    At some point you learn to ignore "we need it working week ago" jibe, and just work normal pace.
  • Design Pattern (unregistered) in reply to kastein
    kastein:
    32 bit systems, like COBOL
    Since when is COBOL a system? What does AMODE 24 | 31 tell you?
  • T.C (unregistered)

    Funny but true. Managers in my experience commonly put arbitrary dates on projects, or demand instant quotes on the basis that they have to 'get back to my manager by X o'clock' or, 'we need to resolve this NOW' or some other ultimately asinine excuse. Accurate project estimation requires substantial time, effort, and a certain mindset that sadly is absent from the majority of organizations.

    I have learned to simply 'play the game' and not buy into being caught into the 'net of stress' that inevitably occurs given a death march project.

    What I don't get is no one (at least the managers) ever learn from this...

  • (cs) in reply to Franz Kafka
    Franz Kafka:
    Well, not forever. It'll eventually be rewritten or else the company will die. It's the circle of life, right?

    No.

    Scott:
    I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors

    Paul, is that you?

  • BenJayminLinus (unregistered) in reply to Bryan the K

    Seconded..

    But the real question is.. If you do loose that amount of money already, wouldnt it be save to work with no deadline in the ifrst place....

    Naa... The CFO want's it done by then.

  • TDWTF Admin (unregistered) in reply to Scott
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to TDWTF Admin
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    Oh my God, Scott died? That's really sad, I didn't know him well but he seemed like a really nice guy. Supercilius Arsolitus is truly a horrible thing, I've lost friends to it before. Scott, I hope you've finally found the peace you never had in life.

  • by (unregistered) in reply to TDWTF Admin
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    Rest in peace Scott, I was deeply saddened when I found out that you suffer from Supercilius Arsolitus and now you've actually gone I just can't quite believe it. Godspeed brother, wherever it is that you're going, godspeed.

  • Mark Bowytz (unregistered) in reply to darren
    darren:
    This is the same article from 2 days ago now....

    I'm thinking this website should be renamed to TheWheneverWTF.com

    Geez, you guys are irreverant jerks.

  • Ã (unregistered) in reply to TDWTF Admin
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    I'm shocked and upset by Scott's untimely death, I hope his family are coping well and I really hope his Supercilius Arsolitus didn't rub off on any of his friends. You really don't want that nasty stuff to spread, it's a devastating affliction. Anyone know where we can send flowers?

  • Nagesh (unregistered) in reply to TDWTF Admin
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    Scott, may your body burn bright as you take your final journey down the sacred Ganges. RIP.

  • Swedish tard (unregistered)

    In Sweden, the eden of regulations, you are not allowed to work more extra time than 48 hors over a 4 week period, nor more than 200 hours extra per year. If you really are needed you can ask for pernmission for another 150 hours per year when the need occurs. Youa re also entitled to a minimum amount of hours per week away from job. If you do not get that, the company must give you a day off the following week. This is to prevent working 7 day weeks.

    Im pretty sure there is some regulation regarding number of hours allowed per day as well, but I cant remember it atm.

    although, if the worker do not report it to the government or the unions, no one will notice. So if you really feel like it, just work your arse off. :)

  • trwtf (unregistered) in reply to TDWTF Admin
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    Can't believe Scott died, that's really sad. Condolences to his family, I didn't really know them but I'd like to send a card if anyone has the address.

  • causa (unregistered) in reply to TDWTF Admin
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    Oh my God, has somebody let his friends know? RIP Scott.

  • Scott (unregistered)

    You guys are hilarious. No sarcasm... I was all LOL. :) Uh oh, I'm back from the dead to haunt you all.

  • TDWTF Admin (unregistered) in reply to causa
    causa:
    TDWTF Admin:
    Scott:
    Mark Bowytz:
    Seriously, you guys. Do a Google search on "Alex Papadimoulis". You'll discover his obituary near the top of the list. I bet you didn't know he was black.

    The reason I'm showing up unregistered is I forgot my password, and Alex is the only who knew the password to reset my account. I'm still trying to contact Remy, but he's not answering my texts.

    You're a fucking idiot that doesn't have anything better to do. Dumbass. I have been accused of being dead myself by rumors and it wasn't funny at all, not even to joke about like you're doing. Stop with the stupidity and go back to writing code that we post on this site.

    Important Notice: It is with great sadness that we must report the tragic death of Scott, an occasional but enthusiastic Daily WTF commenter. The above quote was one of his final messages and it is captured here to help us remember that energetic young lad we all knew and loved. We don't know the full details but it is understood that Scott was stricken by severe case of a most terrible disease called Supercilius Arsolitus. We ask that you all keep Scott in your prayers and of course our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. Rest in peace Scott.
    Oh my God, has somebody let his friends know? RIP Scott.
    Don't worry, we know him quite well and have been ringing round his friends breaking the bad news. They've all been really shocked, nobody saw it coming and it's incredibly sad to have to do it; but this tragic news has to broken to them somehow and I'm happy to do it as a final gesture to Scott.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Scott
    Scott:
    You guys are hilarious. No sarcasm... I was all LOL. :) Uh oh, I'm back from the dead to haunt you all.
    Oh my God, have some respect would you? Mocking the dead is a dick move on any day but it's all the more disgusting considering he only just passed. Have some decency.
  • Max (unregistered) in reply to Bryan the K

    Hey, some of us are actually quite good at death marches and enjoy it too. :P

  • Design Pattern (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Scott:
    You guys are hilarious. No sarcasm... I was all LOL. :) Uh oh, I'm back from the dead to haunt you all.
    Oh my God, have some respect would you? Mocking the dead is a dick move on any day but it's all the more disgusting considering he only just passed. Have some decency.

    Braaaiiinnnns!

  • (cs) in reply to C-Octothorpe
    C-Octothorpe:
    The Crunger:
    bunch of words, etc.
    I grew up in a very diverse community, work with people of many different races, religions, creeds, colors, etc., and have many friends (and some relatives) from all over the world. I don't need some anonymous wanker on the intertubes to try and call me racist.
    In high school, I had a black friend.
  • (cs) in reply to kastein
    kastein:
    derp:
    Sectoid Dev:
    Here, here.

    Whenever I work on any legacy application, my first question is: "When will this be retired?" We are constantly churning projects, but those old issues that have sat around for months/years need to be worked ASAP!

    In the end, the old legacy apps rarely go away, except on paper.

    Everyone who has written code that will expire in 2038 (when time_t rolls over), raise your hand...

    Everyone who used time_t and realizes that simply recompiling on a 64 bit platform will result in the Sun turning into a cold black cinder long before their timestamp overflows, keep your hands on the keyboard...

    32 bit systems, like COBOL, will be long obsolete and no longer used for anything important in 2038. If you miss the sarcasm, I will make fun of you.

    They will still be used for embedded systems.

  • (cs) in reply to Anonymous
    Anonymous:
    hoodaticus:
    Anonymous:
    Fats Geronimo:
    Anonymous:
    fritters:
    C-Octothorpe:
    Man, is it really the norm for developers to be worked to the bone, for free, and usually for nothing (customer doesn't see feature or isn't really THAT critical)? If that's so, either I've had really good luck or my bosses could tell ahead of time that I would laugh in their face if they asked me to work for free...

    Well, luckily as I said I was being paid 150% overtime (and if I really wanted to I could probably have charged 200% for working on a statutory holiday, but I just took a different day off in lieu after the deadline was reached).

    I wouldn't mind working small amounts of unpaid overtime, occasionally -- every company has tight spots and I identify with my company enough to know that if things go well for them, things go better for me too. And frankly sometimes it's my own fault for goofing off during work hours and not getting it done within 7.5 hours. By "small amounts" I mean, perhaps 1-2 hours a week. I feel embarrassed even writing that down on the timesheet.

    But if you expect me to work 12+ hour days, 7 days a week, in order to hit an arbitrary deadline that was imposed upon me, then I definitely expect overtime pay, and lots of it. And even then, I only want to do that sort of pace occasionally.

    I know guys who worked like that for years on a stretch. The money was good but nobody ever saw them. I could only handle a pace like that for a few months before I decide that the managers here can't schedule anything properly and I start looking elsewhere. Craploads of overtime pay is nice, but I prefer having time for a life.

    I flat refuse to work overtime, ever. If I can't get it done within my standard working hours (10:30 - 5:30) then it's somebody else's problem. It's nice to be "irreplaceable" (or rather, the only person in the company who has ever developed one of our flagship products - a close second to irreplaceable).

    7 hour days? No wonder the EU has to set up massive trade barriers to preserve their second rate economy.

    Good lord no, 7 hour days aren't normal, they don't even have days that short in France. No no, my contract specifies a 40 hour week - I just don't bother working it. Remember what I said about being irreplaceable? When you've got your company over a barrel you can pretty much set your own work hours.
    This works until your attitude spreads to enough of your colleagues and brings down the company.
    The same benefits are not extended to other software engineers. I only get away with it because I'm the only person in the company with domain knowledge and development experience for one of our key products. My boss hates it but in my defense I warned him this would happen before he fired all my subordinates. Chickens coming home to roost and all that.
    Well, if it's a political maneuver, then I approve. As long as it ends and you get your staff back. Otherwise, it's just petty.

    (Not that you need anyone's approval, of course.)

  • (cs) in reply to Max
    Max:
    Hey, some of us are actually quite good at death marches and enjoy it too. :P
    Mostly, a death march would be a management WTF. I would strongly review how I failed my team if I had to lead them on such.
  • TDWTF Staff (unregistered) in reply to Design Pattern
    Zombie Steve:
    Anon:
    Scott:
    You guys are hilarious. No sarcasm... I was all LOL. :) Uh oh, I'm back from the dead to haunt you all.
    Oh my God, have some respect would you? Mocking the dead is a dick move on any day but it's all the more disgusting considering he only just passed. Have some decency.

    Braaaiiinnnns!

    It is with great sadness that we report the death, once again of Steve. The late Steve, who had returned as a zombie from his recent and widely-reported demise, starved to death looking for brains on the Daily WTF.

    Rest, once again, in peace, Zombie Steve.

  • Paul (unregistered)

    No - just change the project requirements to match the current system fuctionality

  • Jay (unregistered) in reply to hoodaticus
    hoodaticus:
    Anonymous:
    Fats Geronimo:
    Anonymous:
    fritters:
    C-Octothorpe:
    Man, is it really the norm for developers to be worked to the bone, for free, and usually for nothing (customer doesn't see feature or isn't really THAT critical)? If that's so, either I've had really good luck or my bosses could tell ahead of time that I would laugh in their face if they asked me to work for free...

    Well, luckily as I said I was being paid 150% overtime (and if I really wanted to I could probably have charged 200% for working on a statutory holiday, but I just took a different day off in lieu after the deadline was reached).

    I wouldn't mind working small amounts of unpaid overtime, occasionally -- every company has tight spots and I identify with my company enough to know that if things go well for them, things go better for me too. And frankly sometimes it's my own fault for goofing off during work hours and not getting it done within 7.5 hours. By "small amounts" I mean, perhaps 1-2 hours a week. I feel embarrassed even writing that down on the timesheet.

    But if you expect me to work 12+ hour days, 7 days a week, in order to hit an arbitrary deadline that was imposed upon me, then I definitely expect overtime pay, and lots of it. And even then, I only want to do that sort of pace occasionally.

    I know guys who worked like that for years on a stretch. The money was good but nobody ever saw them. I could only handle a pace like that for a few months before I decide that the managers here can't schedule anything properly and I start looking elsewhere. Craploads of overtime pay is nice, but I prefer having time for a life.

    I flat refuse to work overtime, ever. If I can't get it done within my standard working hours (10:30 - 5:30) then it's somebody else's problem. It's nice to be "irreplaceable" (or rather, the only person in the company who has ever developed one of our flagship products - a close second to irreplaceable).

    7 hour days? No wonder the EU has to set up massive trade barriers to preserve their second rate economy.

    Good lord no, 7 hour days aren't normal, they don't even have days that short in France. No no, my contract specifies a 40 hour week - I just don't bother working it. Remember what I said about being irreplaceable? When you've got your company over a barrel you can pretty much set your own work hours.
    This works until your attitude spreads to enough of your colleagues and brings down the company.

    Or until the company gets fed up and finds a way to make you more replaceable than you thought. Surely given sufficient time they could find SOMEONE else in the world who could learn to do your job. In the long term, no one is irreplaceable. The simple proof of that being that the world continues to function despite the fact that millions of people who thought they were irreplaceable are dead.

    Captcha: ACSI: A character encoding scheme used by dyslexics.

  • r2k-in-the-vortex (unregistered) in reply to Jallongaly

    lulz i got a "best employee of the year" paper with that comic on it. my company is good tho, concept on unpayd overtime does not excist, very flexible schedual(job/univercity) and the learning/improvement opportunities are pretty damn awesome too. even got to have two buisness trips to beijing - not many people my age get to travel half the world for work.

    there are plenty of hardware and software design wtf-s tho, never gets boring atleast

  • r2k-in-the-vortex (unregistered) in reply to Jallongaly
    Jallongaly:
    Jallongaly:
    <snip> <off Topic> Too often, the Dilbert principle seems to be applied: "How do you manage High-Performers?" "We reward them with more work until they are so overloaded that their performance drops"

    OOPS!! Not THE Dilbert Principle, but certainly from a dilbert 'strip....

    lulz i got a "best employee of the year" paper with that comic on it. my company is good tho, concept on unpayd overtime does not excist, very flexible schedual(job/univercity) and the learning/improvement opportunities are pretty damn awesome too. even got to have two buisness trips to beijing - not many people my age get to travel half the world for work.

    there are plenty of hardware and software design wtf-s tho, never gets boring atleas

    i meant

  • (cs) in reply to EatenByAGrue
    EatenByAGrue:
    chron3:
    martiert:
    Actually, I'm 24 and the first thing I thought of was Smalltalk the OO language, not Smalltalk as in smalltalk. Maybe I'm just damaged.

    Probably... and I bet you speak with a Lisp also... and geeky enough to have a pet Python at home...

    So many perls of wisdom here, I'm just sitting here gawking.

    I can't believe you sed that.

  • (cs) in reply to SQLDave
    SQLDave:
    EatenByAGrue:
    chron3:
    martiert:
    Actually, I'm 24 and the first thing I thought of was Smalltalk the OO language, not Smalltalk as in smalltalk. Maybe I'm just damaged.

    Probably... and I bet you speak with a Lisp also... and geeky enough to have a pet Python at home...

    So many perls of wisdom here, I'm just sitting here gawking.

    I can't believe you sed that.

    And I can't believe I sed it after so many other people sed it. I really dbase-d my self making such a basic pun. Well, no more! I've heard the clarion call and will yacc no more. Hopefully there won't be a SQL to this nonsense.

    PS: Fortran.

  • Waffle (unregistered) in reply to Scott
    Scott:
    You guys are hilarious. No sarcasm... I was all LOL. :) Uh oh, I'm back from the dead to haunt you all.
    It really upsets me that some troll is making light of Scott's death by impersonating him. Shame on you. RIP Scott, we'll miss you.
  • Kjella (unregistered) in reply to airdrik
    airdrik:
    If it was in the employment contract that you were to be there by 9 AM, then the boss would have some ground, but I don't think they generally include anything like that (maybe a minimum hours/week before it becomes unpaid vacation), they just expect you to put the time in.

    I think it's fairly standard here in Norway for people with flexible working hours, normally the contract stipulates that you will be there from 9 AM to 3 PM on workdays unless authorized by your manager. Since that includes your half an hour lunch break, that's 5.5 * 5 = 27.5 hours you must be there. The remaining hours you may work as you please, usually also saving up and/or use over time. You can typically take whole days off too, but only after agreement with your manager.

    That said, you're not allowed to work more than 13 hours within any 24 hour period, which may be extended to 16 under a few circumstances. So working 20 hours would be illegal here, trying to make you come in to work again at 9 AM would be as well.

  • Wyrdo (unregistered)

    That story is depressing except for the part where it's only a job interview. So at least the guy has the easy option of not taking the job. Again.

    -- Furry cows moo and decompress.

  • oheso (unregistered) in reply to Swedish tard
    Swedish tard:
    you are not allowed to work more extra time than 48 hors over a 4 week period

    I make that 48 whores/28 days, or approximately one whore every 14 hours.

    Sounds about right.

  • Nickster (unregistered)

    "Tell your CFO that he's the one who fucked it up, so he can fix it himself."

  • Procedural (unregistered) in reply to ping floyd
    ping floyd:
    Slicerwizard:
    Hey Remy, Smalltalk is an object-oriented, dynamically typed, reflective programming language. It is not a form of chitchat or idle banter.

    There's a Snobol's chance in hell that the younger folks got that...

    It all went Forth from there.

  • John (unregistered)

    You forgot to recommend outsourcing to multiple timezones so that you can have action 'around-the-clock'!

  • Peelman (unregistered)

    Fast. Cheap. Right. Pick Two; that's all you're ever going to get.

  • Some Jerk (unregistered)

    Yes sir, your six month deadline is very realistic... all we need is a few dozen more developers. I am sure that an eight digit production budget should be reasonable for this :p

  • lollan (unregistered)

    LMAO

    Thank you for the share.

  • lollan (unregistered) in reply to dave

    ... and you could be right from what I know.

  • Consultant 5 (unregistered)

    I am a contractor and I just love this industry. CFO's that think they know everything about software projects are my life blood and they pay big money for their stupid decisions.

  • Douglas Adams (would have said) (unregistered)

    I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.

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    They call it a deadline for a reason.

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