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Cake day: June 26th, 2023

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  • This made me chortle. I remember when I first joined a dev team asking someone how many of something their section should be able to store:

    I don’t know, I’d have to look at the code.

    It was an eye opening moment. Very few people can keep everything in their head. I’ve met a couple. They were rockstars who were truly exceptional.



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    - refuses to purchase tools that would make job easier

    - plans huge upgrade of client devices first thing Monday morning rather than Friday evening

    - licenses one of the least effective security tools to save money

    - forces an over-reliance on Google apps despite Drive having shit search capabilities

    - makes you get A+ certified even though you’ve been in the industry for many years before allowing pursuit of higher certs

    - says “happy Monday” every week as if that isn’t soul-draining

    - thinks we have a great culture because we declare “beer o’clock” on a Friday every few months and end early

    - talks loudly in an open office when he take phone calls

    - plays shitty music when he gets control of the stereo hooked to an old computer

    - mandates back to office as the pan is winding down and then let’s all of management not come to the office on the first day back

    - can’t understand why this angered workers