The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Consultant Designed Success

by snoofle in Feature Articles on 2015-02-26

Circa 2005, using XML and XSLT to generate HTML was all the rage. It was cool. It was the future. Anyone who was anyone was using it to accomplish all-things-web. If you were using it, you were among the elite. You were automatically worth hiring for any programming-related task.

Back then, Richard was working at a small web development company. In this case, "small" means the boss, whoe was a bright guy, but who had absolutely no knowledge of anything -web, -computer or -technology related would make all decisions relating to hiring, purchasing technology and creating technology procedures.

79 comments - Last comment @ 2015-02-28

The ShaoLinux Monk

by Charles Robinson in Feature Articles on 2015-02-19

Looking at the resumé, Paul felt like they’d found the perfect person for their data warehouse project. The resumé had all the relevant qualifications and experience needed to make a remarkable ETL tool. Paul talked to the candidate, Brad, briefly during the interview process. “It says here that you’re proficient with Linux and have extensive database knowledge.”

by Daofengmusic - Own work

199 comments - Last comment @ 2015-04-06

Barely Broken In

by Ellis Morning in Feature Articles on 2015-02-17

One day in winter, during that blissful dead stretch between Christmas and New Year’s, Chris was startled out of a deep sleep. He reached for his blaring cell phone, squinting at the painfully bright screen.

by Yinan Chen

59 comments - Last comment @ 2015-02-18

Getting Wired

by TJ Mott in Feature Articles on 2015-02-11

It had been a very long weekend.

On Friday, the CIO of Brendan’s company announced that something big was in order and details would be revealed Monday morning. Questions quietly circled around the office for the rest of that day. Were people getting laid off? Was a customer unhappy and withholding payment? Was the software division being sold to East Kerblekistan?

42 comments - Last comment @ 2016-05-24

To Spite Your Face…

by Remy Porter in Feature Articles on 2015-02-04

“I’ve got a gig for you,” said the recruiter.

Clive, like many freelancers, weighed the contents of his bank account versus the daily rate he was promised, and decided that any gig was for him under those conditions. This one sounded mostly okay; an insurance company needed a new software package that would help them leap through some regulatory hoops. As a bonus, they wanted someone who could teach their devs the latest tools and techniques… like source control.

200 comments - Last comment @ 2017-01-30

Wrongness

by Maciej Stachowski in Feature Articles on 2015-02-02

Wrong Way Sign "You BASTARDS! You stupid little brats! Don't you even dare to try that again, ya hear me?! YA HEAR ME, PUNKS?!"

It was a quiet day at the IT department. For the last few weeks, the team has hit a dry spell – there were hardly any calls, and they spent most of the days desperately trying not to die of boredom. Ron managed to dig up an old copy of Counter-Strike and was currently getting his ass handed to him.

39 comments - Last comment @ 2015-03-23

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