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BB Spot | Top 11 Things That Would Happen If Software Engineers Ruled The World
by IconoclasT at 6:46 pm EST, Jan 29, 2004

11. Software engineers must be addressed as “High Priest, Master of All Things Java.”
10. Project managers required to attend sensitivity training on “Deadline Flexibility”.
9. Pizza and Chinese food industries convince US businesses to stop outsourcing tech jobs to India.
8. Every Friday is “Work on useless code you think is leading edge” day.
7. Annual $1,000 stipend for purchasing cool stuff to put on your desk.
6. Constitution tweaked every two weeks.
5. Clean desks would be punishable by 15 lashes.
4. Free Xbox game for every 100 lines of code you write.
3. “Whatever” and “Same as last week” are perfectly acceptable status reports.
2. All technical issues resolved by saying “Well, it works on my PC.”
1. Congress passes Cubicle Prohibition Act.


BB Spot | Top 11 Things That Would Happen If Software Engineers Ruled The World
by k at 9:54 am EST, Jan 30, 2004

3. “Whatever” and “Same as last week” are perfectly acceptable status reports.
2. All technical issues resolved by saying “Well, it works on my PC.”

[ those are the best... it's just so easy to visualize.
PHB :"Hows that project coming, bill?"
Bill :"Whatever."
If only. ]-k


 
 
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