conversation overheard at major software vendor that must remain un-named
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Program Manager: "Well, is it ready ... or not ?" Project Manager: "I'd say it's ripe." Program Manager: "What the hell does "ripe" mean: do we ship ... or not ?" Project Manager: "Well, I'd say it's down to only 75% StackOverFlow, 10% CodeProject, 20% open-source, 20% out-sourced, and 5% original." Program Manager: "That's 130% !" Project Manager: "Yeah, we went the distance on this one." Program Manager: "That 5% worries me though." Project Manager: "I'll sign off on that." Program Manager: "Okay, let's ship it as a release, then."
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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BillWoodruff wrote:
Program Manager: "Well, is it ready ... or not ?" Project Manager: "I'd say it's ripe."
For a moment there I thought it was EA, but they never release over 90% :laugh:
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Well those missing % are released as separate dlc, announced before release date and sold within a week.
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Program Manager: "Well, is it ready ... or not ?" Project Manager: "I'd say it's ripe." Program Manager: "What the hell does "ripe" mean: do we ship ... or not ?" Project Manager: "Well, I'd say it's down to only 75% StackOverFlow, 10% CodeProject, 20% open-source, 20% out-sourced, and 5% original." Program Manager: "That's 130% !" Project Manager: "Yeah, we went the distance on this one." Program Manager: "That 5% worries me though." Project Manager: "I'll sign off on that." Program Manager: "Okay, let's ship it as a release, then."
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Program Manager: "Well, is it ready ... or not ?" Project Manager: "I'd say it's ripe." Program Manager: "What the hell does "ripe" mean: do we ship ... or not ?" Project Manager: "Well, I'd say it's down to only 75% StackOverFlow, 10% CodeProject, 20% open-source, 20% out-sourced, and 5% original." Program Manager: "That's 130% !" Project Manager: "Yeah, we went the distance on this one." Program Manager: "That 5% worries me though." Project Manager: "I'll sign off on that." Program Manager: "Okay, let's ship it as a release, then."
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
Quite hilarious. Blows my mind that this was an actual conversation, just because I've never heard anything put that way before. I guess it speaks to how some products are created from a lot of existing code from various sources with a dash of internal 'magic' sprinkled over them (optimizations, integrations, and product-specific business logic).
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Program Manager: "Well, is it ready ... or not ?" Project Manager: "I'd say it's ripe." Program Manager: "What the hell does "ripe" mean: do we ship ... or not ?" Project Manager: "Well, I'd say it's down to only 75% StackOverFlow, 10% CodeProject, 20% open-source, 20% out-sourced, and 5% original." Program Manager: "That's 130% !" Project Manager: "Yeah, we went the distance on this one." Program Manager: "That 5% worries me though." Project Manager: "I'll sign off on that." Program Manager: "Okay, let's ship it as a release, then."
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
:confused:Could you at least tell the market this vendor is in? Too much Harry Potter, not enough concern for your fellow man.
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Quite hilarious. Blows my mind that this was an actual conversation, just because I've never heard anything put that way before. I guess it speaks to how some products are created from a lot of existing code from various sources with a dash of internal 'magic' sprinkled over them (optimizations, integrations, and product-specific business logic).
More likely its from Incompetent Managers that don't know how to listen to the SW Developer and give them some realistic timeframes. Been there and Done that before
The Irishman
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More likely its from Incompetent Managers that don't know how to listen to the SW Developer and give them some realistic timeframes. Been there and Done that before
The Irishman
Yeah, true - happens too often.
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Program Manager: "Well, is it ready ... or not ?" Project Manager: "I'd say it's ripe." Program Manager: "What the hell does "ripe" mean: do we ship ... or not ?" Project Manager: "Well, I'd say it's down to only 75% StackOverFlow, 10% CodeProject, 20% open-source, 20% out-sourced, and 5% original." Program Manager: "That's 130% !" Project Manager: "Yeah, we went the distance on this one." Program Manager: "That 5% worries me though." Project Manager: "I'll sign off on that." Program Manager: "Okay, let's ship it as a release, then."
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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Quite hilarious. Blows my mind that this was an actual conversation, just because I've never heard anything put that way before. I guess it speaks to how some products are created from a lot of existing code from various sources with a dash of internal 'magic' sprinkled over them (optimizations, integrations, and product-specific business logic).
Smik Lakhani wrote:
this was an actual conversation
This is a product of Bill's imagination, written with ironic exaggeration as comedy, but, it is very loosely based on actual experiences Bill had ... long ago ... flavored with a garam masala of contemporary references :) cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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:confused:Could you at least tell the market this vendor is in? Too much Harry Potter, not enough concern for your fellow man.
Charles Programmer wrote:
tell the market this vendor is in
The market is imagination, the vendor is the mind of the reader :) cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
