Mark Atwood (fallenpegasus) wrote,
Mark Atwood
fallenpegasus

See the hair on the bosses, so pointy pointy

The only reason my managers have ever heard of the books The Mythical Man-Month or Deathmarch is because I told them about them, and we're all certain that the VPs and above have never heard of them, let alone read them.

The VP above me doesn't like "long words".

Which is not the worst. Another one of the VPs is infamous for refusing to ever listen to any statement of the form "That's not possible, because...".
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