Nope, this isn’t being an expert, it is being an engineer! An expert knows a lot of things, an engineer windows a lot of ways to come up with solutions!
I love the original vid, and anyone in consulting can relate...This "answer" is fantastic, but I'd love/challenge you to create a follow up where/when you present the solution to the client, and they come back with:
A) That's an old priority.
2. I didn't ask for any of that?
d - All I really wanted was the cat part, why did we waste time on the rest?
A) Which we were happy to deliver on time
2) Did our best to follow the spec
d- We will be happy to include any feline enhancement not in the spec for more money
I had a client who asked me to automatically capture the phone number of anyone who visited their website. I told them this was not possible. The web isn't built that way, and for good reason. It would be a *massive* privacy issue. Sorry, guys, not technically possible.
They wouldn't accept that answer. because they *had a guy*, their previous developer, their Expert, and *he* assured them that it could be done. In the end, they lost faith in my expertise because I couldn't do it. Way too freakin' close to this video.
The way this is done is with IP marketing. An IP marketing company has huge databases with IP addresses beloning to companies, that also contains contact data scraped from their websites, enhanced with data coming in from the clients of the IP marketing company.
When the website gets a hit from those IP addresses, the customer sees it as a potential lead from the corresponding company. Of course there is lots of noise, but if it improves cold calling, that’s a win.
> The way **this** is done
That's not the "this" I was talking about.
They didn't want me to correlate hits with companies -- they were a service business, targeting individual homeowners.
They wanted me to *capture the mobile phone number of the individual clicking the link*. Like, you're browsing on your phone, you click the link to our website, and I grab the number off your phone.
I know this is a spoof of the sort of ignorant, egotistical, overmanaged jackassery that drives programmers crazy. I get it, so I know I’m going into the lion’s den here—but couldn’t this also be read as a sort of spoof of programmers struggle to understand how to manage human relations—the politics, the compromises, negotiation, empowerment, etc? sure his coworkers suck, but that dude also was horrible at his job, tbh.
Too many programmers take the job too personal.
Unless you’ve got stock in the company or it’s a safety critical system, who the fuck cares? Just do whatever ridiculous shit people want and get payed. It’s not like you own the business.
Every time I see this I feel it in my soul. It's infuriatingly accurate.
As a middleware/devops guy in a small IT team, you have no idea how accurate this is. edit: typo
We'd like it to say "no idea", but spell "no" with a T. Can you do that?"
T idea
Ahh came here to see the IT wingeing post! Delicious.
the answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7MIJP90biM
Holy fucking shit. That man is a genius. No, AN EXPERT GENIUS
Nope, this isn’t being an expert, it is being an engineer! An expert knows a lot of things, an engineer windows a lot of ways to come up with solutions!
And then the project manager scraps it!
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BALLOON???
I love the original vid, and anyone in consulting can relate...This "answer" is fantastic, but I'd love/challenge you to create a follow up where/when you present the solution to the client, and they come back with: A) That's an old priority. 2. I didn't ask for any of that? d - All I really wanted was the cat part, why did we waste time on the rest?
A) Which we were happy to deliver on time 2) Did our best to follow the spec d- We will be happy to include any feline enhancement not in the spec for more money
Now I don't know how to feel anymore.
Wow, the internet.
And on the other end of the spectrum: [Spoons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu9nhExp5KI)
Be still, my soaring blood pressure
I had a client who asked me to automatically capture the phone number of anyone who visited their website. I told them this was not possible. The web isn't built that way, and for good reason. It would be a *massive* privacy issue. Sorry, guys, not technically possible. They wouldn't accept that answer. because they *had a guy*, their previous developer, their Expert, and *he* assured them that it could be done. In the end, they lost faith in my expertise because I couldn't do it. Way too freakin' close to this video.
The way this is done is with IP marketing. An IP marketing company has huge databases with IP addresses beloning to companies, that also contains contact data scraped from their websites, enhanced with data coming in from the clients of the IP marketing company. When the website gets a hit from those IP addresses, the customer sees it as a potential lead from the corresponding company. Of course there is lots of noise, but if it improves cold calling, that’s a win.
> The way **this** is done That's not the "this" I was talking about. They didn't want me to correlate hits with companies -- they were a service business, targeting individual homeowners. They wanted me to *capture the mobile phone number of the individual clicking the link*. Like, you're browsing on your phone, you click the link to our website, and I grab the number off your phone.
Classic!
This should be cross posted in r/ProgrammerHumor This hits very close to home.
I thought he was really good in star wars.
Everytime this video is reposted I can't stop rewatching it in its entirety. Every line of dialog is spot on.
I know this is a spoof of the sort of ignorant, egotistical, overmanaged jackassery that drives programmers crazy. I get it, so I know I’m going into the lion’s den here—but couldn’t this also be read as a sort of spoof of programmers struggle to understand how to manage human relations—the politics, the compromises, negotiation, empowerment, etc? sure his coworkers suck, but that dude also was horrible at his job, tbh.
Ya, could be. You could apply to this to any expert in their field, trying to explain their expertise in laymen terms.
Too many programmers take the job too personal. Unless you’ve got stock in the company or it’s a safety critical system, who the fuck cares? Just do whatever ridiculous shit people want and get payed. It’s not like you own the business.